May I declare an interest as a type 2 diabetic and chair of the all-party diabetes group? Ten per cent. of the expenditure of the NHS budget is on dealing with diabetes and complications related to it. Does my hon. Friend agree that there may well be a desire to prescribe more medicines, which will cost more, rather than providing diabetics with a structured education which, if appropriately used, can bring down the cost of diabetes to the health service? It is not just about pills.
Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Keith Vaz
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 24 October 2016.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Bill.
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