Getting governements to listen to economic facts

Getting governements to listen to economic facts [1]

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Over £5.2 billion a year – 9 percent of the entire National Health Service budget – is spent on diabetes and its complications in the UK. There is no doubt that diabetes is a significant health economic issue here, as it is elsewhere in the world. Although diabetes is not consistently high on the government’s priority list, Diabetes UK has been successful in forming a strong lobby, which is increasing in political weight.

Issue:

Volume 46 | Issue 3 [2]

Author:

Fishwick Stephen [3]

Attachment:

article_215_en.pdf [4]

Keywords:

government, National Health Service, NHS, UK, Diabetes UK

Section:

Diabetes in Society [5]

Theme:

Healthcare costs [6]

Health organizations [7]

National diabetes programmes [8]

Awareness [9]