25 April 2012
Last updated at 01:27
More frequent health checks and risk assessments could reduce the cost of diabetes
The majority of NHS spending on diabetes is avoidable, says a report in the journal Diabetic Medicine.
It suggests that 80% of the NHS's £9.8bn annual UK diabetes bill goes on the cost of treating complications.
Experts say much of this is preventable
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