Guidance

Diabetic eye screening: untraceable patients

The publication sets out the NHS diabetic eye screening (DES) programme's processes for when patients are no longer traceable.

• From: NHS England
• Published: 29 April 2014
• Last updated: 17 October 2024 — See all updates

Documents

Guidance for managing untraceable people with diabetes on providers’ cohort database

HTML

DES untraceable patient letter template

Ref: PHE publications gateway number GW-1127

https://khub.net/documents/135939561/175783560/DES+untraceable+patient+letter+template.odt/82bcc26a-f5d2-d251-1126-2cedeb8c0f30?t=1582028847553

Details

This document explains how to proceed when a patient on the diabetic eye screening (DES) cohort database is no longer traceable.

It includes:

• updated guidance
• a template letter to contact the patient’s general practitioner (GP)

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

Published 29 April 2014
Last updated 17 October 2024 + show all updates

1. 17 October 2024

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

2. 27 February 2020

   Replaced PDF guidance with an HTML version and added link to 'untraceable patient letter template'.

3. 29 April 2014

   First published.