Diabetes: Lancashire

(asked on 3rd February 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many diabetes specialist nurses were employed in East Lancashire in each of the last five years.


Answered by
Dan Poulter Portrait
Dan Poulter
This question was answered on 10th February 2015

The Department does not collect the data requested. There are now over 6,300 more nurses, midwives and health visitors working in the NHS in England compared to May 2010.

Local National Health Service organisations, with their knowledge of the healthcare needs of their local population, invest in training for specialist skills and deploy specialist nurses. Specialist nurses provide invaluable support for patients and their families. They are able to provide specialist treatment and advice and act as a gateway to other members of the multidisciplinary team, which can both save the NHS money and, more importantly, improve care and outcomes for patients.

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