Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what structured education relating to the Diabetes Transformation Fund has taken place in Leicester; and what plans there are for the future deployment of such education in Leicester.

A total of £800,000 was granted (over three years) across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland in April 2017 from the Diabetes Transformation Fund.

A total of £383,000 was put aside to focus on structured diabetes education to maximise the number of people receiving tailored education. West Leicestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), Leicester City CCG, and Rutland CCG will focus on encouraging more young people aged 18-25 to take up diabetes education courses, as well as making available tailored services for women planning on becoming pregnant.

The additional Structured Education offer that is currently being funded by NHS England transformation money will need to be fully evaluated towards the end of the funding period in 2018-19 before a decision on future commissioning is taken.