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DIABETES EDUCATION IN LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND

Early day motion 1297, tabled 22 March 2016 by Keith Vaz (Labour). Signed by 4 members.

That this House is concerned that the Type 2 diabetes education contract in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland has been awarded to a pharmaceutical company Spirit Healthcare; is interested to determine how Spirit Healthcare's EMPOWER programme improves on the education of the current programme, DESMOND; notes that DESMOND is the leading diabetes education programme for Type 2 diabetics in the UK; further notes that DESMOND was developed in Leicester by the Diabetes Research team at the Leicester Diabetes Centre; and urges Leicester City Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), West Leicestershire CCG and East Leicestershire and Rutland CCG to publish a report on the procurement process and its outcome.

Signatures by party: Labour 2, DUP 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.