Diabetes-linked amputations and complications cost the NHS £6bn every year READ MORE: One MILLION Brits are unaware they have type 2 diabetes By Shaun Wooller Health Editor For The Daily Mail Published: 00:01, 19 June 2024 | Updated: 00:01, 19 June 2024 e-mail View comments The NHS is spending £6billion a year on complications linked to diabetes , such as amputations and blindness, an alarming report reveals. Diabetes UK warns many of the issues are avoidable and is calling on the health service to shift its focus 'from crisis to preventative care'. The charity says this would reduce harm to patients living with the condition and bring down the extraordinarily high costs.
Diabetes UK estimates that more than 4.4 million people in the UK are living with diabetes, and a further 1.2 million could have undiagnosed type 2 diabetes, which is linked to obesity.
Every week, diabetes leads to 2,990 cases of heart failure, more than 930 strokes, 660 heart attacks and 184 amputations. Kim Steer, 56, from Yeovil, Somerset, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was 19. She has diabetic retinopathy, an eye disease that develops if your blood glucose levels and blood pressure are consistently high Almost 4.
3 million people were living with diabetes in 2021/22, according to the latest figures for the UK. And another 850,000 people have diabetes and are completely unaware of it, which is worrying because untreated type 2 diabetes can lead to complications including heart disease and s.