The Department of Health has released a diabetic retinopathy screening statement on its website.
It says that by December 2007, 85.7 per cent of people diagnosed with diabetes were offered screening for diabetic retinopathy that met national clinical standards of quality and safety.
To read the statement, visit www.dh.gov.uk
Sarah Wilkinson writes on the “digital first” focus of the long-term plan published last week
The preferences of 1.6m people who do not want to share their health data will not apply to patient experience surveys after concerns were raised it would undermine improvements in care.
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