Northerner
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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
SHOCKING new figures have revealed a massive increase in the number of people suffering from diabetes in the UK.
Almost 3.5 million people were diagnosed with diabetes between 2014 and 2015, according to an analysis of GP data conducted by the British Heart Foundation.
Diabetes UK has launched a new campaign, Taking Control, to call for education for all people with diabetes to be commissioned everywhere, along with a proper local system that explains to people with diabetes the benefits they will gain from attending an education course and ensures that courses are well run.
Currently of those individuals newly diagnosed with diabetes, less than one per cent of people with Type 1 and just 3.8 per cent with Type 2 are recorded as receiving an education course about their condition.
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/14096552.display/
Hmm...I don't think there were 3.5 MILLION diagnosed in a single year! 😱 🙄
Almost 3.5 million people were diagnosed with diabetes between 2014 and 2015, according to an analysis of GP data conducted by the British Heart Foundation.
Diabetes UK has launched a new campaign, Taking Control, to call for education for all people with diabetes to be commissioned everywhere, along with a proper local system that explains to people with diabetes the benefits they will gain from attending an education course and ensures that courses are well run.
Currently of those individuals newly diagnosed with diabetes, less than one per cent of people with Type 1 and just 3.8 per cent with Type 2 are recorded as receiving an education course about their condition.
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/14096552.display/
Hmm...I don't think there were 3.5 MILLION diagnosed in a single year! 😱 🙄