Type 2 Diabetes in Barking and Dagenham, London

Definition of issue
Diabetes is a serious problem to public health in England,
with the NHS spending 10% of its budget on the provision of
diabetes care, meaning that every minute, the NHS spends
£25,000 on diabetes (Diabetes.co.uk, 2014). In 2015, more
than 11,000 individuals aged 17 years and above had been
diagnosed with diabetes in Barking and Dagenham, which
equates to 7.3% of this age set compared to 6.4% for
England.
Type 2 Diabetes in Barking and Dagenham, London in People Aged 17 Years or Older
Epidemiology
According to the HSCIC (2014), more than 11,000
individuals aged 17 years and above had been diagnosed
with diabetes in Barking and Dagenham, which equates to
7.3% of this age set compared to 6.4% for England. In the
UK, 4.7 million individuals have diabetes of which 90%
have type 2 diabetes. According to Diabetes UK, the
number has doubled in the past 2 decades and it is likely
to pass the 5.5 million mark in 2025 (Diabetes.co.uk,
2019).
Overview
> Type II diabetes is a medical condition that affects the
way the body processes glucose.
> With type II diabetes, the body either does not produce
adequate insulin or resist it resulting in high sugar levels
in the bloodstream (Vedaraju and Benegal, D., 2019).
> Eventually, these high sugar levels in the bloodstream
can cause disorders of the nervous, immune, and
circulatory system.
Global Diabetes Estimates For
2019