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Diabetic retinopathy: monitoring and treatment

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

Applies to England

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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.

Updates to this page

Published 30 January 2015
Last updated 9 June 2025 show all updates
  1. Removed reference to screening helpdesk and replaced with NHS England contact information.

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

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

  4. Converted translations into HTML format to improve accessibility.

  5. Added HTML version of document.

  6. Added opt-out and use of personal information wording.

  7. First published.

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