Hiding in Plain Sight: The UK Diabetes Crisis
A new report highlights a major, under-recognised health and safety crisis facing the UK’s commercial road transport industry: the unchecked rise of type 2 diabetes among professional drivers.
This new report – Hiding in Plain Sight: The UK Diabetes Crisis – A Call to Action to the Road Transport Sector – has been developed by the Diabetes Safety Organisation in partnership with the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety and the National Highways Driving for Better Business Programme. It highlights that thousands of commercial drivers may be unknowingly living with type 2 diabetes, with all the associated risks that brings to driving for work.
Diabetes is a condition that significantly impairs concentration, reaction times, and long-term wellbeing – all of which should worry those who manage employees who drive for work, for obvious reasons.
Diabetes is a safety issue that employers cannot afford to ignore. One startling fact is that people who drive for a living are twice as likely to develop diabetes.
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