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Diabetic eye screening: invitation and result letter templates

Local NHS diabetic eye screening (DES) providers must use these letters to invite people for screening and inform them of their results.

• From: NHS England
• Published: 12 April 2012
• Last updated: 2 October 2023
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  1. 2 October 2023

     R0M0 letters updated to reflect the fact that if no diabetic retinopathy was detected, patients will be invited for screening every 1 or 2 years.

  2. 6 July 2020

     Updated diabetic eye screening invitation and result letter templates. Added links and QR codes to digital versions of information leaflets, and COVID-19 guidance insert.

  3. 21 June 2019

     Updated result letter templates for no signs of retinopathy: R0M0 and R0M0 pregnant

  4. 12 April 2012

     First published.

This publication was withdrawn on 6 February 2025

For the current diabetic eye screening (DES) invitation and results letters, log in to FutureNHS (registration required) and go to DES Letter Templates - Vaccinations and Screening.

Documents

[Withdrawn] DES invitations: COVID-19 guidance for attending your screening appointment (printable version)

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[Withdrawn] DES invitations: COVID-19 guidance for attending your screening appointment

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[Withdrawn] DES invitation letter template: fixed appointment

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[Withdrawn] DES invitation letter template: open appointment

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[Withdrawn] DES invitation letter template: partially fixed appointment

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[Withdrawn] DES result letter template: M1 DS

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[Withdrawn] DES result letter template: M1 HES

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[Withdrawn] DES result letter template: M1 OCT

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[Withdrawn] DES 1 year result letter template: R0M0

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[Withdrawn] DES 2 year result letter template: R0M0

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[Withdrawn] DES result letter template: R0M0 pregnant

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[Withdrawn] DES result letter template: R1M0

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[Withdrawn] DES result letter template: R1M0 pregnant

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[Withdrawn] DES result letter template: R2M0 DS

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[Withdrawn] DES result letter template: R2M0 HES

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[Withdrawn] DES result letter template: R3a

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[Withdrawn] DES result letter template: R3s

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[Withdrawn] DES result letter template: U DS

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[Withdrawn] DES result letter template: U GP

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[Withdrawn] DES result letter template: U HES

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[Withdrawn] DES template: result letter to GP

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[Withdrawn] DES opt out letter template

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Invitation letters for diabetic eye screening

These publications are template invitation letters for local NHS Diabetic Eye Screening (DES) programme providers.

Local programmes should:

• add information to these templates to include specific local processes and circumstances if required
• enclose the COVID-19 printable guidance with screening invitation letters

Results letters for diabetic eye screening

Local DES programmes must use the template result letters to communicate with patients.

The GP letter template is suitable for use with all possible screening results.

Non diabetic retinopathy (DR) lesions

Arrangements for referrals for non DR lesions vary between programmes.

It is not appropriate to produce standard letter wording for non DR results.

When writing to patients with non DR lesions, programmes should add appropriate local wording to the relevant result letter template.

The GP result letter template includes a section for non DR lesions.