Category Archives: politics

Tormenting your MP

Now the election in the UK has been won (sort of) a whole new load of MPs are moving into their new offices in the House of Commons, all of them blissfully unaware of the pancreatically-challenged hordes out there. Of course, viewers in Scotland will have the same old MSPs until 2011 (health being a… Read More »

Diabetes Consultation

As I mentioned in an earlier post I went along to the Scottish Diabetes Action Plan Consultation organised by Diabetes UK yesterday evening and it was all quite interesting. The meeting was intended to give the Scottish Government feedback on what us pancreatically-challenged ruffians want out of our health service and so, in my view… Read More »

Scottish diabetes consultation

Diabetes UK are currently running a consultation on diabetes care in sunny Scotland, so any lovely readers from north of the border might be interested in completing the survey here: http://www.diabetes.org.uk/In_Your_Area/Scotland/Diabetes_in_Scotland/Better-diabetes-care–survey/ I think there’s a chance you could win a Wii, so it might be worth doing it for that alone!

Statistics, statistics, statistics

Diabetes UK have just published their Key Statistics on Diabetes report, 2009. It makes for interesting reading and certainly puts the diabetes problem into perspective. Here’s a look at some of the numbers. Diabetes affects 246 million people worldwide and is expected to affect 380 million by 2025 – so we’re definitely not alone! There… Read More »