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
Chief executive of the Care Quality Commission Ian Trenholm explains the work the regulator is doing to explore potential prosecutions against NHS trusts and how the regulator is seeking to ensure lessons can be learned to drive systemic change.
A mental health trust will not face charges of corporate manslaughter, the police have said following a probe into the deaths of 25 patients.
The Care Quality Commission is actively considering more than 31 prosecutions of NHS organisations and has hired 11 ex-military and civil police officers to review evidence.
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Financial penalties are being lifted from high-profile standards including cancer and elective waiting times, so far without attracting much attention. How is this happening? And will it work, asks Rob Findlay
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