AQW 8539/22-27

Miss Nuala McAllister
Alliance Party
North Belfast

Tabled Date: 08/03/2024
Answered On Date: 26/03/2024
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the work ongoing in his Department for the prevention of Type 2 diabetes.

Answer:

The Department of Health requires the delivery of a regional, evidence-based diabetes prevention programme for NI by the Public Health Agency (PHA). The overall aim of the programme is to reduce the incidence of Type 2 Diabetes by identifying individuals at high risk and offering referral to an evidence-based behaviour change programme

The Diabetes Prevention Programme was commissioned and regionally implemented by PHA to be delivered across all five Heath and Social Care Trusts.

PHA invests in a number of obesity prevention programmes that align to diabetes prevention and continues to work with a range of other partners to promote activities that will encourage healthy lifestyles that contribute to obesity prevention.