Abstract
Retinal photography using a non-mydriatic fundus camera has been proposed as a means of screening for diabetic retinopathy. We describe a screening programme which uses this technique and is run by liaison between a Diabetic Day Unit and Ophthalmology Department within a District General Hospital. A 10-month period of screening is reported during which time 639 patients were photographed. Of these, 110 patients (17.2%) were referred for clinical eye examination of which 100 attended (15.6%), 27 patients (4.2%) subsequently underwent laser retinal photocoagulation. Of these, 22 received focal treatment and five required panretinal photocoagulation, nine cases (1.4%) were submitted to fundus fluorescein angiography. In 12 patients (1.9%), non-diabetic ocular disease was detected.
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