NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme
We have published the key performance indicator (KPI) non-cancer screening data for the fourth quarter of 2015 to 2016 (1 January to 30 March 2016). The KPIs are used to measure how the NHS screening programmes are performing and aim …
We have been doing a lot of work to improve the quality and consistency of grading in the NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme.
On 1 April 2016 we launched the Level 3 Diploma for Health Screeners.
We have published the revised national pathway standards for the NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme.
I work as a QA advisor in the Screening Quality Assurance Service (SQAS) in the north of England. I thought it would be worth reminding all those commissioning or working in diabetic eye screening programmes of the current situation around training …
Population screening programmes can only improve public health if they correctly identify and then invite everyone who is eligible to be screened.
We have published the key performance indicator (KPI) non-cancer screening data for the third quarter of 2015 to 2016 (1 October 2015 to 31 December 2015). KPIs are used to measure how the NHS screening programmes are performing and aim to give a …
Expert graders are central to the success of the NHS Diabetic Eye Screening (DES) Programme. They study the digital photographs taken at screening clinics to assess if patients need to remain in routine screening or be referred for closer monitoring …
Diabetes UK estimates that more than 4 million people are living with diabetes in the UK. That number has been increasing by around 5% a year, which underlines the scale of the challenge facing local diabetic eye screening programmes that …
During March we are mailing out copies of the new print run of the 'Screening tests for you and your baby' booklet to every NHS trust in England that has a maternity unit.
