Guidance

DES: Diploma for health screeners rules of combination

Education and training requirements for staff groups in diabetic eye screening (DES) studying for the diploma for health screeners.

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This guidance provides local diabetic eye screening (DES) providers with information about the appropriate units in the Level 3 Diploma for health screeners that DES staff must complete.

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Updates to this page

Published 12 March 2020
Last updated 5 April 2022 + show all updates
  1. Guidance updated to reflect the fact that optometrists no longer have to complete the ‘Prepare for Diabetic Retinopathy Screening’ unit as part of the health screener diploma.

  2. Updated section 3 to clarify unsupervised screening requirements for trainee screeners.

  3. Updated section 3.1: Screener.

  4. Updated section 3.6: Assistant and support workers.

  5. First published.

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