Health written question – answered at on 2 June 2009.
John Cummings
Labour, Easington
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of the treatment of diabetes in the North East Strategic Health Authority in each of the last three years.
Ann Keen
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Health Services), Department of Health
The following table shows the expenditure on diabetes for the North East Strategic Health Authority for the last three years in which data are available.
| Expenditure on own population (£000) | |
| 2004-05 | 37,719 |
| 2005-06 | 47,870 |
| 2006-07 | 42,713 |
| Note: Figures do not include prevention or general medical services expenditure. Source: Department of Health Programme Budgeting | |
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