Guidance

Diabetic eye screening: roles of clinical leads

This document explains the roles and responsibilities of NHS diabetic eye screening (DES) programme clinical leads.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 2 May 2013
• Last updated: 17 October 2024
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  1. 17 October 2024

     Removed screening helpdesk information. Added clarification that publication was previously published by Public Health England. Changed lead organisation.

  2. 19 January 2021

     Guidance reformatted as HTML publication: July 2020.

  3. 2 May 2013

     First published.

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Diabetic eye screening: roles and responsibilities of clinical leads

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This publication sets out the position of clinical leads in the NHS diabetic eye screening (DES) programme. It includes:

• role definitions
• remit and responsibilities
• training expectations

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