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Diabetic eye screening staff: register now for national events
We are delighted to announce registration details for 2 upcoming national NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme events.
Patrick Rankin
Patrick has been working in screening since 2011, as a screening co-ordinator of a local AAA screening programme. He then became a regional quality assurance manager for the North region and subsequently national education and training manager for the young person and adult screening programmes. In 2017 he was appointed national programme manager of the NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme. His background was as a principal clinical vascular scientist and he worked across an number of hospitals in the Greater Manchester area.
In his spare time he enjoys spending time with his extended family, socialising with friends, going to the gym and walking in the peak district.
Diabetic eye screening updates
Information about updates to the level 3 diploma for health screeners working in the NHS diabetic eye screening programme.
Sign up now for 2018 national diabetic eye screening conference
The NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme is again joining forces with the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) to hold the fifth national diabetic eye screening conference on Friday 20 April.
Fascinating insights and entertaining performances at first national diabetic eye screening networking day
The inaugural NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme networking day enabled people from across the world of diabetic eye screening to network with colleagues and get operational updates from the national programme team.
Last chance to get a funded place for CAVA qualification
From 31 March 2018, Health Education England funding will no longer be available to support screening staff to complete or start the certificate of assessing vocational achievement qualification.
Diabetic eye screening data extraction system reaches 1 million patients
Twenty-seven local diabetic eye screening programmes are using the national GP2DRS IT system to extract details of their cohort of patients from GP practice systems. The total number of patients now being extracted using the system has passed 1 million.
Diabetic eye screening is exactly the same for people who have rarer forms of diabetes
The NHS Diabetic Eye Screening (DES) Programme helps prevent sight loss in people with diabetes. Screening can detect diabetic retinopathy early, when treatment is effective at reducing or preventing damage from the condition.
Could you support the new screener qualification?
Last year, PHE Screening launched the level 3 Diploma for Health Screeners for non-professionally regulated staff working in the diabetic eye and abdominal aortic aneurysm screening programmes.
New guidance documents support diabetic eye screening services
The NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme helps prevent sight loss in people with diabetes. Screening can detect diabetic retinopathy early, when treatment is effective at reducing or preventing damage from the condition.
AAA screening: updated guidance on managing men whose aortas cannot be seen clearly
The role of the screening technician in measuring the diameter of the aorta is essential to the success of the NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme.