Diabetes care ‘to improve’
Care for diabetes sufferers in the Norfolk region is set to improve, following concerns over the levels of service available.
Norfolk county council has announced changes in hospitals to tackle the issues that have been raised.
Extra medical staff are to be recruited to meet the requirements, while a working group to specifically help children is to be formed.
Furthermore, the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital is to increase the number of diabetes specialist nursing staff.
Chairman of the Norfolk health overview and scrutiny committee, Janice Eells, said: "I’m very pleased the committee has been able to affect a change in the way that people with diabetes are treated in Norfolk."
She added that she was looking forward to monitoring how diabetes care improved over the ensuing months.
In related news, it has been reported that millions of people will be screened for pre-diabetes from next year, as part of a new government drive to prevent the disease.
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