'Shetland is experiencing rapid and unexplained growth in type 1 diabetes, with the highest incidence of diagnosis per head of population in Europe.
JDRF, formerly the Juvenille Diabetes Research Foundation, an organisation dedicated to finding a cure for type 1, said around 27,000 people in Scotland live with type 1 every day. Diagnosis of under fives in Scotland is the highest in the world.
The anticipated growth in children coming through the school system with type 1 will prove to be an added challenge for many in education, although Mr Brookes insisted teachers in Shetland were well-equipped to deal with them.
“The last time we were here we visited a few of the schools. And I think what was apparent in Shetland was that the schools absolutely embrace the condition.”
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