Diabetes timebomb: Only half of NHS patients receiving acceptable care

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/diabetes-timebomb-only-half-of-nhs-patients-receiving-acceptable-care-7778659.html

Variation in care standards cause people with diabetes to be at a higher risk of sustaining serious complications and even death. Approximately 24000 people in England die every year because they have not received the necessary health checks. Some primary care trust have very few patients that were given the basic tests in order to diminish the risks of diabetes. None of the PCT’s performed the basic tests and the recommended ones.  Less than one in five patients are supervised and medicated adequately for them to not suffer from diabetes related ailments. Tthe amount of money spent on all costs preventing diabetes was not well spent  judging by the rise in the number of patients.

Comment:

Cuts on health care budget is always tricky, because on one hand government is trying to cuts costs but inadvertently cause a rise  in spendings because failing to monitor the condition of patients will eventually harm them and  will cost society even more money. So the opposite of the objective is achieved, society loses even more money.