Diabetes Prescriptions Up By 40%
Sunday 1st August 2010
The number of prescriptions to treat diabetes has risen by more than 40% in just five years according to a new NHS report. The NHS Information Centre also reported that providing the extra medication had cost the NHS an additional £150 million. Experts warn that the cost of caring for diabetes could continue to increase as an increasing number of people are expected to develop the life-threatening condition, year-on-year.
Diabetes UK has advocated that people with diabetes should continue to have access to newer and more expensive therapies - if the treatment allows them to more appropriately manage their condition. The organisation explains that failing to provide proper diabetes care could cost the NHS more in the long-run, especially if poorly cared for patients develop complications including vision loss, heart attacks or strokes.
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