Dr Waqaar Shah: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Chair of the NICE guideline committee
- Quoted on
- Diabetes
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
“As a GP, I see first-hand how type 2 diabetes affects my patients' lives. Right now, only around one in five people with type 2 diabetes and heart disease are receiving the medicines that could protect them from heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure.”
What Dr Waqaar Shah has said
“As a GP, I see first-hand how type 2 diabetes affects my patients' lives. Right now, only around 1 in 5 people with type 2 diabetes and heart disease are receiving the medicines that could protect them from heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure.”
NICE guideline committee chair and GP · Diabetes · 10 Sept 2026 · NICE confirms first-line SGLT-2 prescribing in final type 2 diabetes guidance ↗
Where Dr Waqaar Shah has been quoted
- Updated guidance on type 2 diabetes treatment could save thousands of livesdrwf.org.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- NICE confirms first-line SGLT-2 prescribing in final type 2 diabetes guidancepulsetoday.co.uk · 10 Sept 2026
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