In its State of the Nation report, the diabetes charity found that fourout of five children are failing to meet blood glucose targets. Thisincreases the chance of them becoming blind, having strokes andsuffering kidney diseases in later life.
Guidelines from the Royal College of Nursing say there should be no morethan 70 children to each nurse. However, the report found nurses in someNHS trusts are struggling with caseloads of up to 300.
Libby Dowling, care adviser at Diabetes UK, said: "We're hearing a lotabout specific posts being cut. Others are being changed so that a nursewho used to specialise in diabetes also has to look after children withother conditions. And others are being pulled into acute wards."
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