Guidance

Diabetic eye screening: care pathway

This document describes the diabetic eye screening (DES) pathway.

From:
NHS England
Published
1 June 2015
Last updated
27 September 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Diabetic eye screening (DES): care pathway

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This flowchart and text alternative describes for providers and commissioners the standard care pathway for the NHS DES Programme.

This publication was previously published by Public Health England, which closed on 30 September 2021.

Updates to this page

Published 1 June 2015
Last updated 27 September 2024 + show all updates

  1. Added clarification that publication was previously published by Public Health England.

  2. Throughout the document: Removed any reference to crown and/or PHE PHE transition to NHSE PHCO team Pathway Flow diagram: Change ‘reinvite RDS 12 months’ to reinvite RDS 12 or 24 months Changing screening intervals PHCO Team Page 4, section 10 Change ‘Reinvite for RDS in 12 months’ time’ to ‘Reinvite in 12- or 24-months’ time depending on outcome.’ Changing screening intervals for those individuals with 2 consecutive R0M0 results. PHCO Team

  3. Updated flowchart and converted to HTML.

  4. Pathway temporarily removed while new version is being prepared.

  5. First published.

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