Diabetes care: too little, too late, too variable
Take action on behalf of millions of people with diabetes in England
It’s over 10 years since the National Service Framework for Diabetes set out a vision for diabetes services in England to be delivered by 2013. We are now in 2012 and this vision has not been realised.
Last year, approximately £10 billion of the NHS budget was spent on diabetes, yet people with diabetes are still not receiving all the care they need. Eighty per cent of this NHS spending is going in to managing expensive and devastating – but potentially preventable – complications. Each year diabetes results in around 24,000 excess deaths.
We believe everyone with diabetes, whether Type 1 or Type 2, wherever they live in the UK, deserves the best possible treatment and care. To help make this a reality, we’re calling on the Government to deliver a national implementation plan for diabetes that addresses the seriousness of diabetes. This plan must recognise what needs to be done, and ensure that it happens.
Take action
Help us put diabetes at the top of the Government’s agenda.
Email your MP and ask them to write to Paul Burstow, the Minister of State for Care Services, urging him to take immediate action to put into place an implementation plan for diabetes to improve lives and reduce costs.
Taking part is quick and easy. By giving up a few moments of your time, you will help to change lives and futures for people with diabetes.
