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Diabetes

Proceeding contribution from Liz McInnes (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 26 February 2018. It occurred during Adjournment debate on Diabetes.

I absolutely agree. The hon. Lady makes an excellent point, and I will cover that later in my speech.

As the hon. Lady says, the number of people living with diabetes is rising fast. Every day, around 700 people are diagnosed—that is one person every two minutes. It is estimated that by 2025, 5.2 million people will be living with diabetes. With 10% of the total NHS budget being spent on diabetes every year, it is important that we talk about treatment, prevention and the future of diabetes care, particularly as 80% of these costs are spent on the complications of diabetes, many of which are avoidable through better care.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
636 c652 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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