{"id":677,"date":"2016-01-26T16:38:50","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T16:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/?p=677"},"modified":"2016-01-26T16:38:50","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T16:38:50","slug":"diabetes-crisis-government-accused-of-being-slow-to-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/diabetes-crisis-government-accused-of-being-slow-to-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Diabetes Crisis \u2013 Government Accused of Being Slow To Act"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Department of Health and NHS England have been accused of being \u201ctoo slow\u201d in the prevention and treatment of diabetes.<\/span><\/p>\n

More than 3 million adults in England are known to have diabetes, with the rate of diagnosis increasing 5% each year.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is putting the NHS under huge strain, as more and more people attend hospital with diabetes-related complications such as heart failure and blindness.<\/span><\/p>\n

The cost of caring for diabetes sufferers over the age of 16 now amounts to \u00a35.5bn a year. <\/span><\/p>\n

Experts say the impact of diabetes could be greatly reduced, as type 2 diabetes can be prevented and even reversed with early medical intervention.<\/span><\/p>\n

This view has been expressed in a recent report by the Public Accounts Committee, which uncovered \u201cunacceptable variations\u201d in the education, care and treatment of diabetes patients across the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

More specifically, the report states that only 60% of patients are undergoing regular diabetes health checks, which can detect complications in the early stages. It also pointed towards the lack of diabetic specialists in hospitals.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDeeply concerning\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

The Public Accounts Committee said the variations in care is causing the annual cost of diabetes treatment to rise.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meg Hillier, chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, said: \u201cThe NHS and Department of Health have been too slow in tackling diabetes, both in prevention and treatment.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe number of people with diabetes is increasing, as is the number of patients who develop complications. It is a very serious condition that can have a huge impact on people\u2019s lives.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

She added that all patients must get the medical support they need, \u201crather than by virtue of where they live.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Department of Health responded by saying that a national diabetes prevention programme is being created to \u201chelp people avoid developing this devastating condition in the first place.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A spokesmen added that \u201cany variation in care, as this report highlights, is deeply concerning.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Substandard diabetes care<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

If you have been harmed because of substandard diabetes care, please get in touch with us at Glynns Solicitors. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Department of Health and NHS England have been accused of being \u201ctoo slow\u201d in the prevention and treatment of diabetes. More than 3 million adults in England are known to have diabetes, with the rate of diagnosis increasing 5% each year. This is putting the NHS under huge strain, as more and more people […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[28,598,727,726,728],"class_list":["post-677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diabetes-negligence","tag-diabetes-care","tag-diabetes-claim","tag-diabetes-prevention-programme","tag-diabetes-report","tag-variations-in-diabetes-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":678,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677\/revisions\/678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}