Significant improvement is needed to ensure that patients receive the recommended treatment standards, according to the latest reports.
In 2013-14, an estimated 3.2 million people aged 16 or over in England had diabetes, while another 200,000 people are newly diagnosed each year. The latest report suggests that significant improvement is needed to ensure that patients receive the recommended treatment standards.
According to analysis by Diabetes UK, people with diabetes suffer 200,000 devastating complications such as amputation, heart attack and stroke. With the number of people living with diabetes projected to rise to 5 million by 2025, the charity warns that the figure illustrates the frightening scale of the condition and highlights an urgent need for the NHS to improve diabetes care.
Diabetes UK has reported significant variation in the proportion of people who have their diabetes under control – in England and Wales barely a third (36%) of people with diabetes are meeting the recommended levels for blood pressure, blood glucose and cholesterol, while even in the best performing area just 48% meet these targets.
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