Guidance

Diabetic eye screening: care pathway

This document describes the diabetic eye screening (DES) pathway.

Applies to England

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This flowchart and text alternative describes for providers and commissioners the standard care pathway for the NHS DES Programme.

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

Updates to this page

Published 1 June 2015
Last updated 27 September 2024 show all updates
  1. Added clarification that publication was previously published by Public Health England.

  2. Throughout the document: Removed any reference to crown and/or PHE PHE transition to NHSE PHCO team Pathway Flow diagram: Change 鈥榬einvite RDS 12 months鈥� to reinvite RDS 12 or 24 months Changing screening intervals PHCO Team Page 4, section 10 Change 鈥楻einvite for RDS in 12 months鈥� time鈥� to 鈥楻einvite in 12- or 24-months鈥� time depending on outcome.鈥� Changing screening intervals for those individuals with 2 consecutive R0M0 results. PHCO Team

  3. Updated flowchart and converted to HTML.

  4. Pathway temporarily removed while new version is being prepared.

  5. First published.

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