Diabetic eye screening: retinal image grading criteria
Contains the retinal image grading criteria for NHS Diabetic Eye Screening (DES) Programme and information about how to record results.
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- 30 November 2012
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Applies to England
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Diabetic eye screening: feature based grading forms
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Definitions for retinal screening images graded by the NHS Diabetic Eye Screening (DES) Programme. Images can be used for training purposes.
Graders can use the feature based grading forms to record outcomes from both slit lamp biomicroscopy (SLB) and digital surveillance (DS).
This publication was previously published by Public Health England, which closed on 30 September 2021.
Updates to this page
Last updated 12
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Updating form 'Standard Feature Based Grading Form to be used in Routine Digital Screening' from PDF to HTML, with minor revisions and updates to align with current guidance.
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2025-12-04 16:59
Minor change to the description of the MBH image
2025-05-12 16:53
Updating form ‘Standard Feature Based Grading Form to be used in Routine Digital Screening’ from PDF to HTML, with minor revisions and updates to align with current guidance.
2024-09-27 16:26
Added clarification that publication was previously published by Public Health England.
2024-08-20 14:25
Updated guidance