DIABETES WEEK

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That this House welcomes Diabetes Week, taking place between 13th and 19th June; notes with keen interest the results of the CARDS study, which highlights the major potential benefits of statins for people with Type 2 diabetes; and believes that greater prescribing of statins should be part of a more long-term approach to the management of conditions such as diabetes, which seeks to prevent long-term problems such as heart disease and strokes which are so costly to individuals and the NHS, by identifying and treating people as early and effectively as possible.