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Mr. Denham: Service users will certainly include patients--those who have diabetes. The group hopes to meet in the near future, once we have announced its membership.
Each member of the expert reference group will be expected to play an active role and to take responsibility for advice on specific topic areas within the scope of the diabetes NSF. That scope will be broadly drawn, covering prevention, identification and management of diabetes and its major complications. As well as including people with diabetes on the expert reference group, we shall be looking at other ways to involve them in the development of the NSF, and as part of that the NSF will focus specifically on the needs of minority ethnic groups.
I hope that I have been able to respond as fully as possible to all the points raised by the hon. Gentleman in what was, even at this late hour, an important debate on a subject that interests many people.
Question put and agreed to.
Adjourned accordingly at twenty-two minutes past Twelve midnight.
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