Eye Screening

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. 

• NHS - keeping your eyes healthy