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Article: Defending the role of primary care professionals in Diabetes UK.(Letter)(Letter to the Editor)
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- Diabetes and Primary Care
- Article date:
- September 22, 2004
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Dear Editor,
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I read your editorial in the last issue ('A ship without a rudder', Diabetes and Primary Care 6(1), page 4) with some interest.
I have been closely involved in the changes in Diabetes UK, both at the governance level and latterly as the elected Chairman of the Professional Advisory Council Executive. This group is made up of 11 healthcare professionals, at least three of whom come from primary care. Moreover, of the 40 healthcare professionals in the Advisory Council of Diabetes UK, there are protected places for healthcare professionals in primary care across the spectrum of expertise.
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