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Written question asked by Lord Morris of Manchester (Labour), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Earl Howe (Conservative) on Tuesday, 14 June 2011.

Health: Diabetes

Question
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many specialist diabetes nursing jobs will be lost as a consequence of the projected cuts in staffing in that field; and what has been the increase in the number of patients diagnosed with diabetes over the past five years.
Answer

Specialist diabetes nurse numbers are not collected centrally. It is up to local trusts to determine their workforce needs but we have made it clear that any reduction in clinical posts must not have an adverse impact on the quality and safety of patient care. We expect the overall number of compulsory redundancies of clinical staff to be very small and the percentage should be low compared with those for non-clinical staff. The increase in prevalence of diabetes as recorded by Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) data over the past five years are as follows:

2009-10 2,338,813
2008-09 2,213,138
2007-08 2,088,335
2006-07 1,961,976
2005-06 1,890,663

QOF prevalence data for diabetes published by the NHS Information Centre. Patients aged 17 years and over with diabetes mellitus which states whether the patient has Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes. An increase of 448,150 people aged 17 and over with a registered diagnosis of diabetes over the period 2005-10.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
9713; 728 c177WA
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Diabetes Nurses Staff
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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