One in 10 deaths among 20 to 79 year olds is caused by diabetes, the charity Diabetes UK has claimed.
It said analysis of regional death rates showed that if current trends continue one in eight deaths among 20 to 79 year olds will be attributable to the condition by 2010.
To find out more, go to www.diabetes.org.uk
Health service capital budgets will be held flat in real terms until the end of the decade, the government has confirmed.
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