Diabetes drugs account for 8.4% of the NHS medicines bill, costing £725 million a year.
The amount spent in 2010/11 was up 41% on the £513 million spent in 2005/06, when diabetes drugs accounted for 6.6% of the overall budget.
Bridget Turner, head of policy and care improvement at Diabetes UK, said: "This report reinforces that diabetes is one of the biggest health challenges this country faces.
"Increasing diabetes prevalence has largely caused this rise in cost and numbers of prescriptions.
"Diabetes UK believes that people should have access to the most appropriate treatment to manage their diabetes and reduce the risk of devastating complications.
"The long-term costs of poor diabetes management, such as caring for someone who's had a heart attack or stroke, lost their sight or lower limb, far outweigh those of the drugs that help prevent such complications.
"Investment in education, support and improving access to reduce variations of care will empower people to effectively self-manage their condition.
"This will tackle the spiralling rates and costs of diabetes and help those diagnosed with the condition stay healthy."
Why DUK push the eat carbs with every meal diet of death, no amount of money spent on type two diabetes drugs will alter the year after year gruesome NHS diabetes statistics.
Eddie
2 comments:
Its almost as though they are engineering a problem ( been done before ) so that it needs fixing, but of course it will be you the patients fault ......... wont it ?
Of course the costs are spiraling, how many Type 2 diabetics can manage a diet that includes 50% carbs without medications. There are none that I know of.
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