Title: Number of people with diabetes reaches over 4 million | Diabetes UK
Headings: Number of people with diabetes reaches over 4 million
Coronavirus (Covid-19)
Number of people with diabetes reaches over 4 million
Urgent need for adequate diabetes care
"Denied both care and access to education"
"Diabetes education needs to be readily available"
"No time to waste"
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Content: Tragically, we are continuing to see too many people with diabetes suffering serious complications, and even dying before their time, and we know that key reasons for this are that they are being denied both the care and access to education that would help them to manage their condition well. "Diabetes education needs to be readily available"
"It is vital that we start to see people with diabetes receive good quality care wherever they live rather than them being at the mercy of a postcode lottery. Equally, diabetes education needs to be readily available everywhere, and commissioned 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. “We also need a concerted effort led by the Government to take active steps to address the fact that almost two in every three people in the UK are overweight or obese and are therefore at increased risk of Type 2 diabetes. Basic measures such as making healthy food cheaper and more accessible, introducing clearer food labelling and making it easier for people to build physical activity into their daily lives would have a profound influence. "No time to waste"
“With a record number of people living with diabetes, there is no time to waste in getting serious about providing better care and diabetes education. Until this happens, the rising number of people with diabetes will continue to be denied the best chance of living long and healthy lives and the NHS will continue to be crippled under avoidable but escalating costs of treating poorly managed diabetes." To find out more about diabetes education, go to www.diabetes.org.uk/taking-control. References: [1] Quality and Outcomes Framework, Health and Social Care Information Centre, Information Services Division Scotland.