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Guidance: Diabetic eye screening: test and training participation

Nhs England

October 17
09:37 2024

The NHS diabetic eye screening (DES) programme uses the TAT system to ensure all graders work to nationally accepted standards.

All regular DES graders should participate in TAT. This document explains the different categories of graders who work in the programme and the standards they must meet.

More information on the training and accreditation of DES staff can be found on the DES education and training page.

This publication was previously published by Public Health England, which closed on 30 September 2021.

Updates to this page

Published 3 August 2015
Last updated 17 October 2024 +show all updates
  1. Added clarification that publication was previously published by Public Health England. Changed lead organisation.

  2. Expanded guidance on guest graders and extended periods of absence in section 2. Converted content to accessible HTML format.

  3. First published.

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