Shadow Minister for Equality Mohammad Asghar has emphasised how educational courses providing information to diabetics on how to manage their condition must be promoted and given a firm priority by the Welsh Assembly Government.
During a debate in the Senedd this week, South Wales East Assembly Member Mr Asghar said: “Only 2 per cent of diabetics currently participate in the free educational courses provided, and, as the Assembly Government has admitted, this must be given greater priority.
“Of all the diabetics in Wales, 42,000 are not achieving their recommended blood glucose levels, increasing the chance of them suffering from serious health problems in the future.
“Therefore, every effort must be made to promote education and to make it as accessible as possible. That could improve the lives of thousands of diabetics and, in the long term, could yield significant savings for the health service in Wales”.
