Chronicle column – December – World Diabetes Day

Diabetes is Australia’s fastest growing chronic condition.

In 2019, between 60,000 and 80,000 South Western Sydney residents are living with diabetes and this number is steadily growing. If current trends continue, more than 150,000 of our region’s residents may be living with diabetes by 2031.

World Diabetes Day, held each year on November 14, draws the community’s attention to diabetes and encourages concerted action to confront the critical health issue.

To combat diabetes – one of SWSPHN’s key health priorities – we’re partnering with the South Western Sydney Local Health District to develop an integrated diabetes plan for the region.

The draft plan outlines a new approach to the delivery of integrated diabetes care across our region and describes how diabetes services in South Western Sydney will be developed and expanded over the next five years.

For more information about the three types of diabetes, visit SWSPHN's Your Health Your Time Your Way website.

Published in the Macarthur Chronicle on Tuesday, 3 December 2019.