Diabetes rises to 10% of annual prescriptions bill

Thursday 13th August 2015 06:36 EDT
 

Figures reveal that medicine to treat diabetes now accounts for 10% of the annual spend on prescriptions.

According to the Health and Social Care Information Centre, the figures show that £868.6 million was spent during 2014 on treating diabetes sufferers, which is an increase of £65.5 million on the previous 12 months.          


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