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Diabetes treatment costs warning
Diabetes could cost the NHS some £16.8bn a year, more than a sixth of its entire budget, by 2035, according to a report.
Figures published in the journal Diabetic Medicine predict the number of people with the condition could double over the next 25 years.
Meanwhile as much as 80% of the current £9.8bn annual diabetes bill incurred by the NHS goes on treating complications.
Dominic Hughes reports.
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