Guidance

Diabetic eye screening: optical coherence tomography in surveillance

Guidance for diabetic eye screening providers on use of optical coherence tomography (OCT) in surveillance clinics.

• From: NHS England
• Published: 8 July 2020
• Last updated: 16 April 2025 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Optical coherence tomography (OCT) in diabetic eye screening (DES) surveillance clinics

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OCT examples

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Diabetic eye screening: OCT in surveillance pathway

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Details

This document provides consistent best practice guidance for diabetic eye screening (DES) services on the management of diabetic maculopathy in digital surveillance (DS) clinics using optical coherence tomography (OCT).

Published 8 July 2020

Last updated 16 April 2025 + show all updates

1. 16 April 2025

   Removed withdrawn optical coherence tomography (OCT) in diabetic eye screening (DES) surveillance clinics guidance. Removed PHE gateway reference numbers.

2. 27 September 2024

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

3. 10 July 2024

   Removed PHE

4. 10 July 2024

   Updated guidance

5. 8 July 2020

   First published.