Direction for the General Practice to Diabetic Retinopathy Screening (GP2DRS)

To improve the process for inviting patients to attend an eye screening appointment. General Practice to Diabetic Retinopathy Screening (GP2DRS) is a system which automates the sharing of patient information between general practices and local diabetic eye screening programmes. This makes the process easier by extracting the information directly from General Practice (GP) systems and removing the need for manual processing.

Sections 254(1) and (6), and 304(9), (10) and (12) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012. 

This Direction comes into force on 1 October 2018.

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