Stratifying the NHS diabetic eye screening programme: into the unknown?

Sampson, Christopher James; James, Marilyn; Broadbent, Deborah M.; Harding, Simon P.

Abstract

In this commentary, we consider the recent recommendation by the UK National Screening Committee (NSC) that people with diabetes at low risk of sight loss should be invited to screening every 2 years rather than annually [1]. We broadly support this recommendation but believe that there are important outstanding questions that require attention before such a policy is implemented. We discuss the decision in the context of the history of the NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme (NDESP) and reflect on the current state of evidence, including work cited by the NSC [1–4].

Citation

Sampson, C. J., James, M., Broadbent, D. M., & Harding, S. P. (in press). Stratifying the NHS diabetic eye screening programme: into the unknown?. Diabetic Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.13192

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 26, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Jul 29, 2016
• Deposit Date: Aug 25, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 25, 2016
• Journal: Diabetic Medicine
• Print ISSN: 0742-3071
• Electronic ISSN: 1464-5491
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.13192
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/798580
• Publisher URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dme.13192/abstract
• Additional Information: This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Sampson, C. J., James, M., Broadbent, D. M. and Harding, S. P. (2016), Stratifying the NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme: into the unknown?. Diabet. Med, which has been published in final form at doi:10.1111/dme.13192. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
• Contract Date: Aug 25, 2016