Diabetic Eye Screening
Eye screening is a key part of diabetes care, and all diabetic patients aged 12 years or older, should have a specialist diabetic eye screening test every year due to the risk of developing diabetic retinopathy which can severely affect their sight.
Screening can detect the condition early and before any changes to the vision are noted by the patient and where needed the patient can be referred into hospital eye services for treatment. Early treatment can prevent severe sight loss.
Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Diabetic Eye Screening
The BLMK Diabetic Eye Screening Programme provides NHS specialist diabetic eye screening across Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes (BLMK). This service is delivered by Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Milton Keynes University Hospital and conducts a quality assured screening at 20 locations across BLMK.
For more information about the BLMK Diabetic Eye Screening Programme, visit their website: https://www.blmkdiabeticeyescreening.nhs.uk/
Contact the BLMK Diabetic Eye Screening Team
- For Bedfordshire & Luton call: 01234 795861
- For Milton Keynes call: 01908 996536
Buckinghamshire Diabetic Eye Screening
As from Tuesday 1 April 2025, the contract for providing diabetic eye screening for patients in Buckinghamshire was awarded to InHealth. For more information about InHealth group, click here
Useful links
- Diabetic eye screening: easy read guide – www.gov.uk
- NHS website: diabetic retinopathy
- NHS website: diabetes
- NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme
- English National Screening Programme for Diabetic Retinopathy
- Public Health England
- Diabetes UK
- Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Ltd (JDRF)
Last Modified: 12:58pm 24/04/2025