![]() ![]() In 1939, the first diabetes voluntary self-support group was set up. The Diabetic Association campaigned for the creation of the National Health Service and argued that people with diabetes should take an active role in managing their condition. Its mission statement was "to promote the study, the diffusion of knowledge, and the proper treatment of diabetes in this country." The discovery of insulin was made years earlier, by Sir Frederick Banting, with scientists Charles Best, John Macleod and James Collip. Radical from the beginning, the charity aimed to ensure that everyone in the UK could gain access to insulin, whatever their financial situation. It became the British Diabetic Association (BDA) in 1954 and Diabetes UK at the turn of the millennium. The Diabetic Association was set up in 1934 by novelist HG Wells and Dr RD Lawrence – both of whom had diabetes. ![]()
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