Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2022 to Question 107055 on Integrated Care Boards: Diabetes, what steps his Department is taking to tackle inequities in diabetes (a) prevalence, (b) care and (c) outcomes.

The NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme is available to anyone identified, through a blood test, as being at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes, for referral. Local systems receive regular data on whether the numbers of people accessing the programme who are black or minority ethnic or who live in areas of higher deprivation are proportionate to the local population.

Additionally, in September 2020 the National Health Service started piloting a Low Calorie Diet treatment programme for people who are overweight and living with type 2 diabetes. The programme aims to support people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes to lose weight and make better decisions about their health, enabling them to better control their blood sugar levels – reducing the need for diabetes-related medication and potentially achieving remission of their diabetes.