GP2DRS (Diabetic Eye Screening Programme)

GP2DRS (Diabetic Eye Screening Programme)

Screening is the process of identifying people who appear healthy, but who may be at increased risk of a disease or condition. It’s different to diagnosis and there will always be some false positive and false negative results.

Purpose and outline

Evidence shows that early identification and treatment of diabetic eye disease could reduce sight loss. The main treatment for diabetic retinopathy is laser surgery.

The eligible population for diabetic eye screening are people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes aged 12 or over. Those already under the care of an ophthalmology specialist for the condition are not invited for screening. The programme offers pregnant women with type 1 or type 2 diabetes additional tests because of the risk of developing retinopathy.

How this service is commissioned and provided

This service is commissioned by Public Health England.

Information about this service:

  • Quality service start date: Please contact your RLO
  • Quality service end date: Please contact your RLO
  • Payment period: No payment
  • Collection frequency: Monthly
  • Manual or automatic entry: Automatic
  • Included in data collection: All system suppliers (TPP, Cedgidim and Emis)
  • Co-commissioning: No
  • Service type: Non quality service for direct patient care.
  • Payment count/clinical codes
  • No payment attached.

General Practice to Diabetic Retinopathy Screening (GP2DRS) Data Provision Notice

The purpose of this data collection is to improve the process for inviting patients to attend an eye screening appointment. This requirement is being implemented by the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) on behalf of Public Health England (PHE).

General Practice to Diabetic Retinopathy Screening (GP2DRS) is a system which automates the sharing of patient information between general practices and local diabetic eye screening programmes. This makes the process easier by extracting the information directly from General Practice (GP) systems and removing the need for manual processing.

Collection

This is an established data collection. Data is extracted monthly.GP2DRS (Diabetic Eye Screening Programme)

Screening is the process of identifying people who appear healthy, but who may be at increased risk of a disease or condition. It’s different to diagnosis and there will always be some false positive and false negative results.

Purpose and outline

Evidence shows that early identification and treatment of diabetic eye disease could reduce sight loss. The main treatment for diabetic retinopathy is laser surgery.

The eligible population for diabetic eye screening are people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes aged 12 or over. Those already under the care of an ophthalmology specialist for the condition are not invited for screening. The programme offers pregnant women with type 1 or type 2 diabetes additional tests because of the risk of developing retinopathy.

How this service is commissioned and provided

This service is commissioned by Public Health England.

Information about this service:

  • Quality service start date: Please contact your RLO
  • Quality service end date: Please contact your RLO
  • Payment period: No payment
  • Collection frequency: Monthly
  • Manual or automatic entry: Automatic
  • Included in data collection: All system suppliers (TPP, Cedgidim and Emis)
  • Co-commissioning: No
  • Service type: Non quality service for direct patient care.
  • Payment count/clinical codes
  • No payment attached.

General Practice to Diabetic Retinopathy Screening (GP2DRS) Data Provision Notice

The purpose of this data collection is to improve the process for inviting patients to attend an eye screening appointment. This requirement is being implemented by the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) on behalf of Public Health England (PHE).

General Practice to Diabetic Retinopathy Screening (GP2DRS) is a system which automates the sharing of patient information between general practices and local diabetic eye screening programmes. This makes the process easier by extracting the information directly from General Practice (GP) systems and removing the need for manual processing.

Collection

This is an established data collection. Data is extracted monthly.