Thousands not given diabetes checks

[Northerner]

Diabetics in England are facing a postcode lottery, with thousands of sufferers going undiagnosed, a report has found.
The NHS Health Check programme failed to diagnose type 2 diabetes in 9,500 cases in the 2011/12 financial year because they were not tested, according to the report by Diabetes UK.
The report, entitled Let's Get it Right, found that the health check was supposed to be given to all people in the target age group of 40 to 74, but in practice there were huge regional discrepancies.
In areas like Liverpool and Greenwich thousands of people were checked during the 12-month period while in other areas no-one was checked.

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[Newtothis]

In terms of the checks which gives a more defined picture of the kidneys - urine dip check or blood kidney function? Amanda

 

[Northerner]

In terms of the checks which gives a more defined picture of the kidneys - urine dip check or blood kidney function? Amanda

I'm not sure, but I imagine they test for different aspects so both provide information about the health or otherwise of the kidneys 🙂