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GBP1mn Per Hour Spent Treating Diabetes

October 2008 | Industry News

Treating diabetes mellitus costs the UK's National Health Service (NHS) around GBP9bn (US$15.5bn) a year - around GBP1mn (US$1.7mn) per hour - according to a report from charity Diabetes UK. With both the financial and health implications of the disease being high, the charity has implemented a hard-hitting campaign - Diabetes: Beware the silent assassin - which aims to highlight the impact of the disease and promote awareness and life-style advice to help manage and prevent the on-set of

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