Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase diabetes diagnosis rates in (a) Romford constituency and (b) the London Borough of Havering.

In 2017/18, a system of identification of those most at-risk of diabetes was launched in the Romford constituency and the London Borough of Havering. Those identified with diabetes are then referred referrals to the National Diabetes Prevention Programme.

Starting in 2022, Primary Care Networks covering both the Romford constituency and the London Borough of Havering have National Diabetes Prevention Programme Champions, whose task is to monitor and improve diagnosis and referrals for diabetes performance.

Latest data as of August 2023 shows local clinicians are on track to exceed last year’s number of referrals to the National Diabetes Prevention Programme.