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Have you seen a movie called the Matrix? The original one that is? Pretty special...apart from the spectacular special effects in the movie, for the uninitiated, it depicted a dystopian future in which reality as perceived by most humans is actually a simulated reality called 'The Matrix'...pretty good movie and one in which, for once, Keanu Reeves managed to put more than two expressions together.

Its relevance to the NHS as it stands is simply stunning. Whichever way you turn, all data point to the money running dry, acute Trusts in quandary, revolts from provider organisations against central diktats. Then again, there is the unflinching believe (and perhaps rightly too) that the money is there – it's just not in the right place. We talk about the Matrix – and never before has it been better encapsulated than in the debate about public health.

However, you want to couch it, type 2 diabetes is on the rise – at a pretty startling pace. Drugs aren't cheap, it costs 10 per cent of the budget – so Simon Stevens quite rightly pushes forward the National Diabetes Prevention Programme...so far so good...that's the swish world where Keanu can dodge bullets. And then simultaneously, a 200 million pound axe falls on public health..evidently because they didn't spent it. Welcome to the other side. Let me take a pause and say that again. There was 200 million pound underspend in PH IN 2014...did we just discover that type 2 diabetes is increasing in prevalence? Cue bemusement. To read more, click here.

Many people with Type 2 diabetes are not “adequately” reaching individual targets for blood sugar levels because of the continuing “phenomenon” of ‘clinical inertia’, researchers concluded. To read more, click here.

Muslims with diabetes who are choosing to fast during Ramadan are being urged to “stay safe” by a national awareness campaign.

Ramadan in 2015 started on Thursday, June 18, and will continue for around 30 days, with Muslims fasting between sunrise and sunset. To read more, click here.

A leading online diabetes forum has been shortlisted for a prestigious award for a life-saving awareness campaign.

Diabetes.co.uk has been shortlisted for ‘Best use of social media to deliver a healthcare campaign’ for the 2015 E-Health Insider (EHI) Awards, which rewards excellence in healthcare IT. To read more, click here.

Hollywood star Michael Sheen has lent his support to a six year-old who has raised more than £1,000 for the type 1 diabetes charity JDRF.

Schoolboy Isaac Norton is preparing to climb the Welsh peak Mount Snowdon alongside some family members to raise money on behalf of his best friend Fin Gough, 6, who has type 1 and coeliac disease. To read more, click here.

An injectable diabetes drug can help aid weight loss, according to new research.

In a year-long US study it was discovered that Liraglutide, otherwise known as Saxendro, which is made by the drug company Novo Nordisk, helped obese people lose almost 8kgs of weight.

The findings, which were published in the New England Journal of Medicine, could be beneficial as managing weight can help improve other medical issues. To read more, click here.

The designer behind an award-winning diabetes app design says the impact the condition has had on her family was her inspiration.

The Dap’n’ app design by Reina Yaidoo and her team was chosen as the winner of a national competition for its high ratings and praise from peer reviewers, with moves underway to turn it into reality.

It was one of five final designs entered in The Health App Challenge project organised by Plymouth University and supported by Diabetes UK.

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