Guidance and regulation

Information explaining the NHS diabetic eye screening programme.

• From: NHS England
• Updated: 9 October 2023

• Your guide to diabetic eye screening

  Diabetic eye screening is important as it helps to prevent sight loss. As…

Resources to support screening professionals in their initial training and continuing professional development (CPD).

• From: NHS England
• Updated: 11 July 2023

An overview of the NHS diabetic eye screening (DES) programme, its services and contact information.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 18 October 2023

Guidance for local NHS screening services on how to order and access printed and digital population screening leaflets.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 27 August 2020

The processes for managing safety incidents in the NHS screening programmes.

• From: NHS England
• Updated: 27 March 2024

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

• From: NHS England
• Updated: 27 July 2022

Information explaining diabetic retinopathy, a disease screened for by the NHS diabetic eye screening (DES) programme.

• From: NHS England
• Updated: 27 July 2022

An easy to read leaflet explaining diabetic eye screening (DES).

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 2 October 2023

Information for people who cannot be screened using digital photography and need a slit lamp examination instead.

• From: NHS England
• Updated: 27 July 2022

Screening standards for the diabetic eye screening programme.

• From: NHS England
• Updated: 12 March 2021

How to optimise the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme in order to identify those at risk of Type 2 diabetes and help lower their risk of developing the disease.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 24 May 2018

How to opt out of an NHS screening programme if you no longer wish to be offered screening.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 29 March 2021

This document sets out an overview of the operational pathways in the NHS Diabetic Eye Screening (DES) programme.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 2 October 2023

How to support patients in accessing population screening programmes and obtaining screening results.

• From: NHS England
• Updated: 25 January 2024

Contains the retinal image grading criteria for NHS Diabetic Eye Screening (DES) Programme and information about how to record results.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 27 August 2021

Training and continuing professional development (CPD) for people working in the diabetic eye screening (DES) programme in England.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 16 May 2018

These documents set out how the failsafe processes work for the NHS diabetic eye screening (DES) programme.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 29 March 2021

Guidance to support the health system to reduce inequalities in screening.

• From: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Updated: 22 October 2020

This document describes the diabetic eye screening (DES) pathway.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 2 October 2023

Role and remit of NHS population screening programmes’ Research, Innovation and Development Advisory Committee

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 29 September 2021