During the first part of the Covid-19 pandemic one in three deaths were among people with diabetes. It is even more important that people can prevent and manage diabetes. There still needs to be support programs in place, such as GP referral to fitness classes and healthy eating education. We must reverse what the King’s Fund says is, in real terms, a £1 billion cut in local authority public health budgets since 2015.
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