Diabetes

(asked on 14th September 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment his Department has made of the trends in the prevalence of diabetes; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
 Portrait
Jane Ellison
This question was answered on 17th September 2015

Diagnosed diabetes prevalence is taken from the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) and represents all patients who have been diagnosed with diabetes and included on GP registers.

Diabetes prevalence is increasing. Diagnosed diabetes prevalence has increased from 2.3 million (5.3%) in 2009/10 to 2.8 million (6.2%) in 2013/14; an increase of nearly half a million people.

Public Health England’s diabetes prevalence model estimates total diabetes prevalence for England and for all local authorities and clinical commissioning groups (CCG) in England. The model reflects the prevalence of diabetes (diagnosed and undiagnosed) and adjusts for the age, sex, ethnic group and deprivation pattern of the local population.

The estimated total diabetes prevalence using the diabetes prevalence model is 7.5% in 2014.

If current trends continue then we estimate that by 2030 there will be over 4 million people with diabetes. This represents 8.8% of the population aged 16 years and over.

This data is publically available on the Healthier Lives website at:

http://healthierlives.phe.org.uk/topic/diabetes

The website also provides diagnosed prevalence at the CCG level.

Tackling diabetes is of great concern to this Government. Building on the National Diabetes Prevention Programme, the Department is developing its plans to improve outcomes for those at risk of and with diabetes. These will be announced in due course.

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