Guidance

Diabetic eye screening: cohort management

This guidance explains the management of the cohort (people on the programme register) for the NHS diabetic eye screening (DES) programme.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 31 October 2012
• Last updated: 30 March 2021 — See all updates

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Diabetic eye screening: cohort management

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This document explains the management of the cohort for diabetic eye screening (DES).

It includes:

• exclusions
• suspensions
• people who are ineligible or off-register
• situations that require special consideration
• rarer forms of diabetes

Published 31 October 2012
Last updated 30 March 2021 + show all updates

1. 30 March 2021

   Added new information to section 4.1.

2. 6 February 2019

   Updated with detailed guidance on the management of the cohort for diabetic eye screening.

3. 31 October 2012

   First published.