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<blockquote data-quote="Dark Horse" data-source="post: 1564075" data-attributes="member: 52527"><p>How do you know the photos are brilliant? The screens used to view the photos 'on location' to check the positioning etc. are often vastly inferior to the screens used to examine the image later. The photographer often thinks the photo is fine even if it later turns out to be borderline unassessable when examined in detail. Obviously, the poorer the image, the less likely it is that any sight-threatening retinopathy will be detected.</p><p></p><p>The screening service should not bully you into having drops. They should explain to you why the drops are used and that, in line with national guidelines, they won't take photos without them.You can then decide not to have eye screening - it's your choice. </p><p></p><p>Some opticians will take photos but if they are not part of the national diabetic eye screening service:-</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">the software they use is usually less advanced and they may take only 1 photo instead of 2</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">they may not have the specialist qualification for detecting diabetic retinopathy</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">they may not have a great deal of experience of detecting diabetic retinopathy</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">they won't have the quality assurance checks in place that the eye screening does</li> </ul><p>Having retinal photos taken at the optician is better than having no screening.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dark Horse, post: 1564075, member: 52527"] How do you know the photos are brilliant? The screens used to view the photos 'on location' to check the positioning etc. are often vastly inferior to the screens used to examine the image later. The photographer often thinks the photo is fine even if it later turns out to be borderline unassessable when examined in detail. Obviously, the poorer the image, the less likely it is that any sight-threatening retinopathy will be detected. The screening service should not bully you into having drops. They should explain to you why the drops are used and that, in line with national guidelines, they won't take photos without them.You can then decide not to have eye screening - it's your choice. Some opticians will take photos but if they are not part of the national diabetic eye screening service:- [LIST] [*]the software they use is usually less advanced and they may take only 1 photo instead of 2 [*]they may not have the specialist qualification for detecting diabetic retinopathy [*]they may not have a great deal of experience of detecting diabetic retinopathy [*]they won't have the quality assurance checks in place that the eye screening does [/LIST] Having retinal photos taken at the optician is better than having no screening. [/QUOTE]
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