Diabetes UK exhibition stand: Come and chat to the lead author of our Tackling Inequality Commission Report

We know that diabetes does not affect everyone equally - the conditions you're born in, live in and work in, as well as your ethnicity, all contribute to your likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes as well as impact the care you receive for any type of diabetes.

In 2023, we launched the Tackling Inequality Commission, co-chaired by Dr Faye Ruddock and Professor Linda Bauld, to view the multiple factors that contribute to health inequality through the lens of those most at risk of inequality in diabetes, namely those experiencing poverty as well as Black and South Asian communities.

Our commission report sets out a series of recommendations depending on where you work, and whether you’re making changes as an individual, or at an organisational level, to deliver the change that’s needed. It draws out the significant challenges people living in deprivation are facing and acknowledges that racism is a public health issue that needs a bold and sustained cultural shift to eradicate.

This can’t be done without understanding the lenses through which our calls to action need to be considered, which is why we’ve laid out 4 key principles to consider when you put them into action.

You can download the full Tackling Inequality Commission Report (PDF, 11,580KB) here.

We look forward to meeting you on the stand on Wednesday, the team will be there from 12:30 – 15:00 so please stop by at lunch time to share your experience with diabetes related health inequality and discuss how to apply the reports guiding principles.