Diabetes Dialogue is about helping to assess the state of diabetes healthcare in your area and across the UK. Contributions are welcome from the general public but the discussion is aimed particularly at people living with diabetes or those involved in diabetes care.
The site is sponsored by Diabetes UK and the All Party Parliamentary Group for Diabetes, and managed by the Hansard Society.
The first Diabetes Dialogue consultation took place earlier in the year at www.tellparliament.net/diabetes. The conclusions were presented by Adrian Sanders MP to Rosie Winterton MP, Minister of State for Health Services, in Parliament during March 2005. The report from the first Diabetes Dialogue is available to download or in hard copy.
The Minister welcomed the findings and picked up directly on many issues, including the importance of DAFNE education programmes, improvements to paediatric care across the UK and addressing concerns about a “postcode lottery”.
This second consultation presents an opportunity to determine where progress has been made and where improvements are still needed.
Diabetes UK
Diabetes UK is the largest organisation in the UK working for people with diabetes, funding research, campaigning and helping people live with the condition.
Diabetes UK has over 170,000 members and is working for people with diabetes, their carers, family and friends. Diabetes UK represents the interests of people with diabetes by lobbying the government for better standards of care and the best quality of life. Diabetes UK spends over £5 million on research every year to improve the treatment of diabetes and we hope our research will ultimately lead to finding a cure for diabetes.
Diabetes is a serious condition affecting more than two million people in the UK. It can lead to complications such as blindness, heart disease, amputation and stroke.
The mission of Diabetes UK is to improve the lives of people with diabetes and to work towards a future without diabetes. For contact details visit – www.diabetes.org.uk/contact/index.html.
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Diabetes
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Diabetes is a cross-party group of MPs and Lords who study the condition of diabetes and its clinical and legal complexities.
Officers:
- Adrian Sanders MP, Chairman
- Helen Southworth MP, Secretary
- Cheryl Gillan MP, Joint Vice Chair
- Anne McIntosh MP, Joint Vice Chair
- Philip Dunne MP, Joint Vice Chair
Diabetes UK provides secretarial support for the Group.
For correspondence and general enquiries about the Group:
Email: pap@diabetes.org.uk
Tel: 020 7424 1120
Hansard Society
The Hansard Society is an independent, non-partisan educational charity, which exists to promote effective parliamentary democracy.
Good government needs to be supported and balanced by a strong, effective parliamentary democracy. Our work aims to strengthen parliament by encouraging greater accessibility and closer engagement with the public.
The Hansard Society is grateful for the assistance of Vohm in developing this site.
