Guidance

Diabetic eye screening: slit lamp examination

Information for people who cannot be screened using digital photography and need a slit lamp examination instead.

From:

NHS England

Published:

21 November 2016

Last updated:

23 June 2025

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23 June 2025
Changed content type to guidance.
27 September 2024
Updated contact email address to NHS England details.
27 July 2022
Updating confidentiality section, replacing mention of Public Health England with NHS England.
21 October 2021
Addition of plain A4 PDF version for printing, to provide for people unable to access this information online.
26 November 2020
Added diabetic eye screening: slit lamp examination translations in accessible HTML format.
29 July 2019
Addition of accessible HTML version of leaflet.
27 March 2018
Added opt-out and use of personal information details to leaflet.
21 November 2016
First published.

Applies to England

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This information explains diabetic eye screening using slit lamp and why it is offered.

It should be provided, with the invitation to screening, to people who cannot be screened using digital photography.

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.