Diabetes

(asked on 13th October 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2015 to Question 10120, what additional funding his Department plans to make available to facilitate diabetes care in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
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Jane Ellison
This question was answered on 16th October 2015

The Government is currently undertaking the Spending Review which will set budgets for the Department of Health - along with other parts of the public services- for the remainder of the parliament. The outcomes of the Spending Review will be announced on 25 November. Further details are available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spending-review-2015-a-country-that-lives-within-its-means

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

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