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24/10/2016

The programme looks at how serious the rise in the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes is for patients and the NHS and its finances. Is this a crisis that will bankrupt the NHS?

Can the NHS survive diabetes? Inside Out investigates how serious the epidemic of Type 2 diabetes is for patients, for the NHS and for NHS finances. Experts warn the predicted rise in preventable diabetes is putting huge strain on health service finances. With increasing numbers of young people now being diagnosed, the health service is facing a ticking time bomb. So is this a crisis that will bankrupt our already fragile NHS? Inside Out interviews doctors, researchers, a health economist and the NHS clinical director for obesity and diabetes. We meet the man who ignored his diagnosis for 20 years and is now permanently disabled, and the 16 year-old who says diagnosis last year has changed her life forever. And we confront the public with the reality of the huge number of amputations directly related to the disease.

And the mystery of the 'Enchanted Pose': A local museum discovered a section of a lost Magritte painting. Inside Out has exclusive access to the expert from New York's Museum of Modern Art who has come to East Anglia to inspect this find and help with the hunt to find the last piece of the painting.

29 minutes

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Mon 24 Oct 2016 19:30

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Presenter David Whiteley
Editor Paul Baker

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