Catastrophe looms if we fail to tackle diabetes | Letters

Readers, including Keith Vaz MP, respond to the report that diabetes cases in the UK are set to doubleThe crisis in diabetes (Health alert as diabetes cases double to 3.7m, 27 February) is only going to get worse. The system desperately needs a robust and uncompromising attack on the causes of type 2 diabetes and resolute support for those with type 1. We need to actively seek out the half a million Britons who have type 2 diabetes and are unaware of it. For them early diagnoses is vital. T