Organisations: Diabetes Safety Organisation, PACTS & DfBB
Date of Publication: May 2025
Uploaded to Knowledge Centre: 17 June 2025
This report exposes 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.
Hiding in Plain Sight: The UK Diabetes Crisis – A Call to Action to the Road Transport Sector, developed by the Diabetes Safety Organisation in partnership with the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety and Driving for Better Business, reveals that thousands of commercial drivers may be unknowingly living with type 2 diabetes — a condition that significantly impairs concentration, reaction times, and long-term wellbeing.
Click on the link below to access the report:
https://diabetessafety.org/hiding-in-plain-sight