DIABETES CARE

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That this House congratulates the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) on the two-day blood glucose testing event in Parliament on 24 and 25 January; welcomes the work of IDF and its partners in raising awareness of the impact of diabetes in the UK; and urges the Government to build on events such as this to develop a new diabetes strategy to replace the National Service Framework for Diabetes which expires in 2013 in order to improve care and outcomes for the 2.9 million people in the UK with the condition and the 850,000 people who have the condition but do not realise it.