Diabetic Eye Screening Programme (DESP)

If you have diabetes you may be at risk of developing eye problems called diabetic retinopathy. Diabetic retinopathy can cause sight loss if it’s not treated.

Diabetic eye screening checks your eyes for problems, often before you notice any changes in your sight. Finding and treating diabetic retinopathy early can reduce and prevent damage to your eyes and sight loss.

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.

Our local team at Wirral University Teaching Hospital are working hard to highlight the importance of diabetic eye screening and helping you to get your screening closer to where you live. Please visit their website: https://www.wuth.nhs.uk/4930

The video below shows more information about how you can access this important care: