Diabetes

Diabetes is a serious, long-term and progressive condition that affects around 1.9 million people in England, as well as around 500,000 people who are thought to have undiagnosed diabetes. This number is increasing as obesity becomes more widespread and people live longer.

Good-quality care for people with diabetes improves their well-being, and helps to prevent long-term complications such as heart problems, kidney damage and blindness. We have assessed how well primary care trusts support adults with diabetes to help them manage the condition themselves.

Use the search below to find out about your local services for people with diabetes.

Overall findings

We found that most trusts organise services that deliver basic care for people with diabetes, but need to improve the help they offer them to care for themselves.

Managing diabetes: Improving services for people with diabetes

What patients say

Findings from our national survey indicate that the majority of people with diabetes have had tests to check for complications within the last 12 months.

Improvement is needed in the number of people attending education courses to help manage their diabetes.

More about the national diabetes survey

Related documents

Useful sites

Other information about local diabetes services

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