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Prime Minister's question asked in the House of Commons, by Adrian Sanders (Liberal Democrat). It was answered on Wednesday, 14 January 2015 on behalf of the Prime Minister.

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Question

Q12

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Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay) (LD):

There are over 3 million people with diabetes in this country, and today Diabetes UK has published its state of the nation report. It calls for education to help people prevent type 2 diabetes; education so that people know when to approach their general practitioner with symptoms of type 1 or type 2; and education of people with the condition so that they can self-manage and take pressure off the NHS. Will the Prime Minister look at the report and act on its findings?

Answer

I will certainly look at this report, because of all the health care conditions diabetes is one of the ones where, if we act on it fast, we could have a huge knock-on effect on the NHS. If we look at the costs of things such as amputations and other treatments because people are getting diabetes, we see that we could make an enormous impact. The hon. Gentleman raises the issue of people being able to self-regulate. An enormous amount of exciting new technology is coming forward on diabetes, and I want to make sure that that technology is rapidly adopted by the NHS.

Secondary information

Type
Oral question
Reference
590 c866 
Session
2014-15
Oral question type
1st Supplementary
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Diabetes Health education
Link
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