Diabetes treatment costing nearly £1 billion a year in England

In England, primary care services are now spending nearly £1 billion ($1.33 billion) on medicines for diabetes patient, as the net ingredient cost (NIC) for these drugs leapt £88 million to £956.7 million in 2015/16, according to data released today by NHS Digital.

Prescribing for Diabetes reports on and examines prescribing trends on medicines prescribed in primary care in England for the treatment and monitoring of diabetes during the period April 2005 to March 2016.

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