Guidance

Diabetic retinopathy: monitoring and treatment

Information for people referred from diabetic eye screening (DES) because they need regular monitoring or treatment.

• From: NHS England
• Published: 30 January 2015
• Last updated: 23 June 2025
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  1. 23 June 2025

     Changed content type to guidance.

  2. 9 June 2025

     Removed reference to screening helpdesk and replaced with NHS England contact information.

  3. 27 July 2022

     Updated confidentiality section to replace reference to Public Health England with NHS England.

  4. 21 October 2021

     Addition of plain A4 PDF version for printing, to provide for people unable to access this information online.

  5. 26 November 2020

     Converted translations into HTML format to improve accessibility.

  6. 12 August 2019

     Added HTML version of document.

  7. 27 March 2018

     Added opt-out and use of personal information wording.

  8. 30 January 2015

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Closer monitoring and treatment of diabetic retinopathy

HTML

For printing: Closer monitoring and treatment of diabetic retinopathy

PDF, 170 KB, 4 pages

Details

An explanation of procedures for patients with detected diabetic retinopathy that needs regular monitoring or treatment.

It includes information about:

• monitoring in a surveillance clinic
• referral and treatment pathways
• possible treatments
• preparing for appointments

This information is available above in A4 PDF format (in English) to print out and provide for people who cannot access digital information.

This information is also available in 10 other languages: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Gujarati, Hindi, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian and Urdu.

To request another format, you can phone 0300 311 22 33 or email england.contactus@nhs.net.