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Welcome to the Manual for the Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Programme for Scotland.

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Key Performance Indicators for DRS v1.5

Follow-up Protocol and Failsafe for Suspended Patients

Guidance on Mydriasis

Procedure for Finding Newly Diagnosed Patients

Procedure for DNA's

People in Longstay Institutions

Guidance on Screening Housebound Patients

Suspensions Policy

Slit Lamp Training and Accreditation Standards

Work Based Assessement form for slit lamp examiners

Patients Choosing to Opt Out

Patients without a GP

Quality Assurance Letters to Patients

Policy for the arrangement of slit lamp examinations

Information on the C&G Certificate in Retinopathy Screening

Screening in Pregnancy

Grader Requirements

Protocol for the management of mis-matched images