Title: Number of people with diabetes reaches over 4 million | Diabetes UK
Headings: Number of people with diabetes reaches over 4 million
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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: This is despite clear evidence that improving care would help avoid health complications that, as well as being personally devastating, account for 80 per cent of the NHS’ £10 billion annual spend on diabetes. We are also calling for a greater focus on preventing Type 2 diabetes, which is vital in stemming the rise of Type 2 diabetes. The NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme – a joint commitment from NHS England, Public Health England and Diabetes UK to deliver at scale evidence based behavioural interventions for individuals identified as being at high risk of developing Type 2 diabetes – is an important first step but more needs to be done to help people lead healthy lifestyles from the beginning to the ends of their lives. "Denied both care and access to education"
Chris Askew, Chief Executive of Diabetes UK, said: “ With 4 million people in the UK now living with diabetes, the need to tackle this serious health condition has never been so stark or so urgent. 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.