Diabetic eye screening programme: standards
Screening standards for the diabetic eye screening programme.
Applies to England
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These documents present the national screening standards for the NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme.
The most recent standards apply to data collected from 1 October 2024. They replace previous versions.
See Population screening: our approach to screening standards for the consistent approach taken to screening standards across all 11 NHS screening programmes.
This publication was previously published by Public Health England, which closed on 30 September 2021.
Updates to this page
Last updated 1 October 2024 + show all updates
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Added clarification that publication was previously published by Public Health England.
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Pathway Standard review following the introduction of 24month recall within the routine digital screening pathway on the 1 October 2023 and in preparation of the introduction of Optical Coherence Tomography within the digital surveillance pathway from the 1 October 2024
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Added clarification that publication was previously published by Public Health England.
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Removal of pathway and themes diagram.
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Amended pathway standard DES-05.
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Publication updated and reformatted in line with new consistent format for all NHS population screening standards publications.
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First published.