Care Provisions For People With Diabetes

EDM number 1974 in 2007-08, proposed by Keith Vaz on 07/07/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Diseases, Health education and preventive medicine and Health services.

That this House recognises the report published on 7th July by Diabetes UK which warns that 100 people a week lose a limb due to complications as a result of diabetes and that there is an urgent need for greater awareness of the impact of the condition; notes that diabetes can also lead to heart attacks, stroke, blindness and kidney failure; and calls on the Government to provide diabetes sufferers with better access to high-quality integrated specialist foot care services and to regular foot checks as part of their annual medical review to prevent amputations.

This motion has been signed by a total of 59 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.