Diabetes today: missed opportunities, unacceptable variations in care and 'indescribable tragedy'

摘要

Diabetes UK's new report 'State of the Nation: Challenges for 2015 and Beyond' highlights that, while progress has been made in the last few years, there is no room for complacency. There still seem to be marked variations in care, missed opportunities and the tragedy of avoidable diabetes.Here, Mark Greener reports on the implications of Diabetes UK's findings, relevant NHS strategies, and current opinion on the way in which care might be improved.