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Diabetic retinopathy: description in brief

Information explaining diabetic retinopathy, a disease screened for by the NHS diabetic eye screening (DES) programme.

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NHS England
Published
30 January 2015
Last updated
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Your guide to diabetic retinopathy

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This information explains diabetic retinopathy for people who have background retinopathy detected in screening.

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 available in 10 other languages: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Gujarati, Hindi, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian and Urdu.

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2025-06-09 11:12
Removed reference to screening helpdesk and replaced with NHS England contact information.

2022-07-27 17:03
Updating confidentiality section, replacing mention of Public Health England with NHS England.