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  1. Ted Willis, general practitioner1
  1. 1Brigg, North Lincolnshire
  1. ted.willis{at}nlpct.nhs.uk

    Diabetes has become an industry, with a host of jobs ultimately dependent on the idea that intensive treatment will achieve better outcomes.1

    I believe that many patients have been overtreated by doctors and nurses to hit the previous targets of the quality and outcomes framework (QOF). These patients have had …

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