Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many diabetes coaches were employed in each Health Education England (HEE) region and (b) how many diabetes coaches training places were funded by HEE in each year since 2009-10; and what steps he is taking to employ more diabetes coaches in the NHS.

Information on the number of diabetes coaches and diabetes specialist nurses who are employed in each Health Education England (HEE) region is not held centrally.

Information on the number of training places funded by HEE for diabetes coaches and diabetes specialist nurses is not held centrally.

The NHS Long Term Plan commits to continue to support local health systems to address inequality of access to multidisciplinary foot care teams and specialist nursing support for people who have diabetes.

NHS England has made £80 million transformation funding available to clinical commissioning groups and sustainability transformation partnerships during 2017/18 and 2018/19 to deliver a programme focused on reducing variation and improving outcomes for people with diabetes.

£9.8 million has been made available to put in place 30 new or expanded diabetes inpatient specialist nurse teams, reducing the lengths of hospital stays for people with diabetes through reducing medication errors and advising on effective treatment.