Amyas Morse, head of the National Audit Office, commented on the report published in May 2012, “The Department of Health has failed to deliver diabetes care to the standard it set out as long ago as 2001. This has resulted in people with diabetes developing avoidable complications, in a high number of preventable deaths and in increased costs for the NHS. The expected 23% increase by 2020 in the number of people in England with diabetes will have a major impact on NHS resources unless the efficiency and effectiveness of existing services are substantially improved.”
See the full report here: http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/1213/adult_diabetes_services.aspx
