1-in-10 adults living with diabetes by 2030

New analysis from Diabetes UK predicts that, without significant government action, up to 5.5m people in the UK could be living with diabetes by 2030. 

The prediction is based on analysis of statistics from Public Health England and The Association of Public Health Observatories. It means that as many as 1-in-10 UK adults could be living with diabetes within a decade.  

Additional analysis carried out shows that up to 17 million people - 1-in-3 UK adults - could be at an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 2030, unless there's commitment from the governments of the UK to urgently invest in diabetes care and prevention. 

It is known that there's been progress in diabetes care, such as the hundreds of thousands of people who have been supported by the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme. But we need more action to stop our prediction from coming true. 

That's why Diabetes UK are calling on the UK Government to: 

• Make more funding available to enable more people to avoid a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes through increasing access to proven preventative measures, such as the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme 
• Support far more people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes to go into remission where possible 
• Improve access to weight management services  
• Ensure that everyone has the access to the care and diabetes checks they need – including tackling the backlog – as we move out of the pandemic. 

The effects of the pandemic are still being felt in diabetes care. Millions of people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes haven't had vital health checks when they needed them, and thousands of diagnoses of type 2 diabetes have been delayed or missed. 

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Original source: Diabetes UK