Diabetic retinopathy screening outcomes by patient characteristics
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Title
Diabetic retinopathy screening outcomes by patient characteristicsLast update
14 August 2024Next update
To be confirmedPublishing organisation
Welsh GovernmentSource 1
Diabetic Eye Screening Wales (DESW)Contact email
stats.healthinfo@gov.walesDesignation
National StatisticsLowest level of geographical disaggregation
WalesGeographical coverage
WalesLanguages covered
English and WelshData licensing
You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licenceGeneral description
The information presented here shows the outcomes from diabetic retinopathy screenings by patient characteristics.Data collection and calculation
Aggregated counts of patients are derived from patient records and used as information to manage the DESW and have been provided for this statistical release. No data relating to individual patients has been transferred in this process.When a patient is diagnosed with diabetes by a GP a referral is sent to DESW and the patient is registered and invited for screening. Screening is carried out in a mobile unit or healthcare sites. Patient information, including retinal images, is stored on the DESW database.
DESW validates the database monthly against the Welsh Demographic Service to ensure that it is aligned with living Welsh residents. Total counts are also routinely validated against GP diabetes disease registers.
Note that there are small amounts of missing data within some fields of the DESW statistics. Percentages are calculated of records with stated values. The outcomes of a number of screenings were ungradeable in each year (usually between 2,000 and 3,000).
1st April 2019 health service provision for residents of Bridgend local authority moved from Abertawe Bro Morgannwg to Cwm Taf. For more information see the joint statement from Cwm Taf and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Boards (see weblinks). The health board names have changed with Cwm Taf University Health Board becoming Cwm Taf Morganwg University Health Board and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board becoming Swansea Bay University Health Board. A link to the statement from the minister for health and social service can be found in the weblinks section.
Frequency of publication
AnnualData reference periods
2013-14 onwards.Rounding applied
Percentages rounded to 1 decimal place.Weblinks
Statistical Release:https://www.gov.wales/eye-care-statistics
Quality report:
https://www.gov.wales/sensory-health-quality-report