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Diabetic eye screening is an important part of diabetes care. Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin NHS offer screening as it helps to prevent sight loss.
People with diabetes eyesight are at risk of damage from a condition called diabetic retinopathy.
Screening can detect retinopathy before you notice any changes to your vision.
If you have diabetes and you're aged 12 or over, you'll get a letter every 1 or 2 years asking you to have diabetic eye screening.
If you have gestational diabetes, which is often a temporary condition, you will not be invited for diabetic eye screening.
You’ll usually get a letter through the post inviting you for diabetic eye screening.
The letter may give you a pre-booked appointment or tell you how to book the appointment yourself. You may be offered a choice of when and where you can get the screening test.
You’ll usually be invited for diabetic eye screening when you’re diagnosed with diabetes, every year after, or every 2 years if your last 2 tests found no changes in your eyes.
Your invitation letter will tell you how to change or cancel an appointment if you cannot attend.
