A post COVID-19 "Marshall Plan" for type 2 diabetes.

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the UK, hospital diabetes clinics ground abruptly to a halt and many diabetologists were effectively conscripted on to front-line emergency care. Their contribution was key to the ability of acute medical services to be rapidly redesigned and continuously adapted during the peak. This was a simple imperative as "lockdown" kicked in, usual out-patient clinical activity ceased, and emergency admissions with the new virus surged.