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    Posted: April 26, 2012
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Diabetes will cost the NHS more than a sixth of its entire budget by 2035, a report h...
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Diabetes will cost the NHS more than a sixth of its entire budget by 2035, a report has found.


The disease and its complications account for 10 per cent (?9.8
billion) of NHS spending, but this is projected to rise to ?16.9 billion
over the next 25 years, or 17 per cent of the health service's funds.
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