Guidance

Diabetic eye screening programme: failsafe procedures

These documents set out how the failsafe processes work for the NHS diabetic eye screening (DES) programme.

From:
NHS England
Published
1 January 2013
Last updated
27 September 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Failsafe: NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme

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Diabetic eye screening: managing referrals to hospital eye services

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Failsafe processes minimise risks of anything going wrong in the screening pathway.

These publications explain the failsafe procedures in place for the diabetic eye screening programme.

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

Updates to this page

Published 1 January 2013
Last updated 27 September 2024 + show all updates

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

  2. Updated sections 8, 9 and 10.

  3. Updated section 10.2 on non-urgent referrals.

  4. Added information on the use of virtual clinics in DES to HES pathways.

  5. Added 'Diabetic eye screening: managing referrals to hospital eye services'.

  6. First published.

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