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More needs to be done to encourage people to take up NHS Health Checks, says Louise Ansari, director of prevention of type 2 diabetes at Diabetes UK. Uptake currently stands at 49 per cent which, she says, is €considerably short€ of the target of 66 per cent by March 2015 set by Public Health England.

€That around half of people with type 2 diabetes already show signs of serious complications by the time they are diagnosed reflects the urgent need for local authorities to ensure health checks are both offered and taken up by everyone in their area who is eligible to receive them.€