Diabetes: Visual Impairment
(asked on 12th February 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle eye conditions and sight loss associated with diabetes.
This question was answered on 24th February 2020
NHS England delivers a diabetic eye screening service to help reduce sight loss and blindness in people with diabetes. Diabetic eye screening is offered to anyone with diabetes who is 12 years old or over once a year. Further information on diabetic eye screening can be viewed at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/diabetic-eye-screening-programme-overview