Alert on diabetes checks

More than half of adult diabetes sufferers in Wiltshire are not getting the basic checks and services to manage their condition, according to Diabetes UK.

The national charity has called for improvements to the care diabetes sufferers receive as it says 55 per cent of local people are not receiving the nine checks and services recommended by the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence, and are at increased risk of diabetes-related complications such as heart disease, kidney failure, amputation, blindness and stroke.

Wiltshire PCT is performing worse than the national average, which is 50 per cent, and Diabetes UK is asking for the condition to be given higher priority in the area.

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