Guidance
Diabetic eye screening: cohort management
This guidance explains the management of the cohort (people on the programme register) for the NHS diabetic eye screening (DES) programme.
Applies to England
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This document explains the management of the cohort for diabetic eye screening (DES).
It includes:
- exclusions
- suspensions
- people who are ineligible or off-register
- situations that require special consideration
- rarer forms of diabetes
This publication was previously published by Public Health England, which closed on 30 September 2021.
Updates to this page
Published 31 October 2012
Last updated 27 September 2024 + show all updates
Last updated 27 September 2024 + show all updates
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Added clarification that publication was previously published by Public Health England.
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Removed PHE contact references
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Added new information to section 4.1.
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Updated with detailed guidance on the management of the cohort for diabetic eye screening.
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First published.