Diabetic eye screening: description in brief
Information explaining the NHS diabetic eye screening programme.
Applies to England
Documents
Update history
2024-10-03 10:50
Added information on stages of diabetic retinopathy to the results section.
2024-10-01 09:05
Information on optical coherence tomography added. Minor changes made to improve readability.
2024-07-03 15:48
Added NHS England contact details for requesting alternative formats.
2024-05-16 12:57
Added Ukrainian translation
2023-10-09 16:05
Translations updated inline with the DES interval changes on 1 October 2023
2023-10-02 09:00
The HTML document and leaflet have been changed to reflect that if no diabetic retinopathy was detected, you will be invited for screening every 1 or 2 years.
2022-07-28 09:37
Updating confidentiality section, replacing mention of Public Health England with NHS England.
2022-03-23 10:45
Addition of ‘following medical advice’ to regular exercise advice under ‘How you can help’ section.