Press Release: Diabetes Action calls for National Strategy after spend of €239 million on preventable condition Quote: Failure to develop specific health policies to manage diabetes care has led the HSE to spend over €239 million on in-patient costs treating largely preventable complications of diabetic foot disease between 2005 and 2009, according to Diabetes Action’s “Half the Services, Half the Care” advocacy and awareness campaign. Diabetes Action, a newly founded advocacy group, launched its national “Half the Services, Half the Care” campaign today in a bid to influence government health policy which it says is failing to provide targeted services and care for Ireland’s growing diabetes community
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Diabetic Foot Care in Ireland Criticised
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