Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to The Government’s revised mandate to NHS England for 2017-18, what steps he is taking to support NHS England to achieve the goal of a measurable reduction in variation in the management and care for people with diabetes.

Building on the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme, NHS England is developing a diabetes management and care programme aimed at reducing variation and improving outcomes for people with diabetes. NHS England is making an additional £44 million available from 2017/18 to support delivery of the programme in four key evidence-based interventions.