Melanie Davies, professor of diabetes medicine at the University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS trust has revealed that based on 2014-15 GP patient data, there are over 4.05 million people with diabetes condition, including 3.5 million adults who have been diagnosed, an increase of 65% over the past decade and around 120,000 more than the previous year. There are thought to be 549,000 with undiagnosed type 2 diabetes.
According to the Professor, “the 4 million figure is “not surprising but quite alarming. There are also lots of people at very high risk of developing diabetes over the next five to 10 years. The large driver is the increase in the number of people with type 2 diabetes, associated with obesity.
“We know that we have an ageing population so of course there are lots of ageing people with diabetes, but we’re seeing in the [Leicester] clinic, teenagers and even children with type 2 diabetes and we wouldn’t have seen that 10 years ago. Even under the age of 30 there are many more people developing it than before and having it for a longer time, so there are more complications,” Davies disclosed.
In the same vein, the Chief Executive, Diabetes UK , Chris Askew, affirmed that, the need to tackle this serious health condition has never been so stark or so urgent.
In his words, “tragically, we are continuing to see too many people with “It is vital that we start to see people with diabetes receive good-quality care wherever they live rather than them being at the mercy of a postcode lottery.”
Askew had advocated for the need to address the ailment by making healthy food cheap and more accessible to the people.
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