Guidance

Diabetic eye screening: patient choice and transfer

Guidance for when a person with diabetes chooses to be screened by a different diabetic eye screening (DES) service from the one their GP is linked to.

• From: NHS England
• Published: 30 May 2014
• Last updated: 17 October 2024 — See all updates

Documents

Individual choice for diabetic eye screening (DES) venues and managing boundary changes

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Details

This guidance explains what needs to happen when changes are made to a person’s DES programme if it is different from the one their GP is linked to. It is for:

• local screening services
• GPs
• local commissioners

It outlines the risks when a person with diabetes does not use the screening provider linked with their GP practice and what needs to happen to mitigate these risks.

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

Published 30 May 2014
Last updated 17 October 2024 + show all updates

1. 17 October 2024

   Removed screening helpdesk information. Added clarification that publication was previously published by Public Health England. Changed lead organisation.

2. 5 October 2020

   Revised and updated information on digital first providers. Converted to HTML.

3. 30 May 2014

   First published.