Guidance

Diabetic eye screening: untraceable patients

The publication sets out the NHS diabetic eye screening (DES) programme's processes for when patients are no longer traceable.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 29 April 2014
• Last updated: 27 February 2020 — See all updates

Documents

Guidance for managing untraceable people with diabetes on providers’ cohort database

HTML

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DES untraceable patient letter template

Ref: PHE publications gateway number GW-1127

https://khub.net/documents/135939561/175783560/DES+untraceable+patient+letter+template.odt/82bcc26a-f5d2-d251-1126-2cedeb8c0f30?t=1582028847553

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Details

This document explains how to proceed when a patient on the diabetic eye screening (DES) cohort database is no longer traceable.

It includes:

• updated guidance
• a template letter to contact the patient’s general practitioner (GP)

Published 29 April 2014
Last updated 27 February 2020 + show all updates

1. 27 February 2020

   Replaced PDF guidance with an HTML version and added link to 'untraceable patient letter template'.

2. 29 April 2014

   First published.