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Nurses are pivotal in helping to stem the high rate of diabetes in the UK
With diabetes costing the NHS more than £1.5 million an hour, a type 2 diagnosis should be an urgent wake-up for people to lose – and maintain – a healthy weight
Sue Thomas
Posted 18 December 2018 - 17:32
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