DIABETES SPECIALIST NURSES

That this House welcomes the research undertaken at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust into the effectiveness of diabetes specialist nurses in cutting the cost of treating sufferers of diabetes by around £100 million; further welcomes the findings that these specialist nurses would be able to improve the treatment of accident and emergency patients allowing them to leave hospital sooner; notes that the number of people diagnosed with diabetes is continually rising, which requires greater long-term care plans; and calls on the Government to consider the regular employment of more diabetes specialist nurses in all accident and emergency wards in all hospitals in Britain.