Much depends on the quality of care provided by the NHS, which has this week been hailed in a new report.
Organisations including the Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health and the NHS Diabetes Information Service joined forces to see how well the health service is dealing with the condition and found that excellent progress is being made.
Dr Rowan Hillson, national clinical director for diabetes, has welcomed the findings, but insisted that more work still needs to be done.
'In the next year I hope to see more focus on working with patients to help them understand and manage their diabetes more effectively and improve their health,' he commented.
One key statistic revealed in the report was that 22,947 people under the age of 18 in England now have diabetes.
Type one diabetes is the most common form of the condition among young people, but overall about 90 per cent of diabetics have type two diabetes.
Organisations including the Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health and the NHS Diabetes Information Service joined forces to see how well the health service is dealing with the condition and found that excellent progress is being made.
Dr Rowan Hillson, national clinical director for diabetes, has welcomed the findings, but insisted that more work still needs to be done.
'In the next year I hope to see more focus on working with patients to help them understand and manage their diabetes more effectively and improve their health,' he commented.
One key statistic revealed in the report was that 22,947 people under the age of 18 in England now have diabetes.
Type one diabetes is the most common form of the condition among young people, but overall about 90 per cent of diabetics have type two diabetes.
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