Dark Horse
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I would advise checking that you have been correctly coded by your GP. The guidance from PHE is:-Goodbye one and all and thank you for all the useful info,it has helped me greatly. I received the results of my last review today.
HbA1c 39
My Diabetes Nurse and GP tell me I am no longer Diabetic.
I will visit from time to time and wish you all well in you own battles to control or reverse the condition known as Diabetes.
"Current evidence shows that all people with diabetes should be screened for diabetic retinopathy for life once there has been a definite diagnosis of diabetes, excluding gestational diabetes. New GP Read codes were introduced in 2014 to take this guidance into account.
Before 2014, many GPs used the code ‘Diabetes resolved’ for patients whose blood sugar levels normalised following treatment, such as pancreatic transplant, or intensive weight reduction. These patients were then removed from the register of people requiring annual retinal screening – even though their risk of developing diabetic retinopathy may have increased following a rapid improvement in diabetes control.
Such patients should now be classified as ‘Diabetes in remission’. This ensures they are still invited for screening.
GPs should therefore review all patients with a ‘Diabetes resolved’ Read code and amend to ‘Diabetes in remission’ as appropriate. Local diabetic eye screening programmes should review their registers to ensure that patients who should be recalled for screening are not marked as ‘no longer diabetic’ in their screening programme software systems."
Reference: https://phescreening.blog.gov.uk/20...dont-slip-through-diabetic-eye-screening-net/