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Retinal Screener: Field of Dreams
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Taking a Look Behind the Screens. I was in a room with the National Programme Manager earlier this month. It wasn't a hotel room or a police cell, but it was. When she said HTA, I'm assuming Lynne meant the Health Technology Assessment Programme. Which covers virtually all of us, and makes their views well worth a listen. Be better than one. The more of the retina we can see, the more chance we have of spotting STDR, the more accurate our grading will be, and the less likely we are to miss something ...
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Retinal Screener: June 2015
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Taking a Look Behind the Screens. Maculopathy With Knobs On. I've always said that retinal screeners and failsafe are a lot like teenagers and sex: we all talk about it; no one really knows how to do it; but we think everyone else is doing it all the time, so we say we’re doing it too. And until BARS holds another Failsafe Discussion Day. Or sex education class) that's likely to remain the case. But I've never had the balls to mention male genitalia, and the only thing I've drawn on is my experience.
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Retinal Screener: October 2014
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Taking a Look Behind the Screens. An official definition, courtesy of UrbanDictionary.com. Thank god it's only for a short period of time. I'm a Retinal Screener and Grader currently working for the NHS as part of a Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Programme somewhere in England. Retinal Screening for Dummies. Single Field vs Two Field. The Retinal Screening Song. British Association of Retinal Screeners. NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme. To enter the 21st century and update your browser.
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Retinal Screener: Merry Christmas!
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Taking a Look Behind the Screens. A festive message from four very special people. I'm a Retinal Screener and Grader currently working for the NHS as part of a Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Programme somewhere in England. Retinal Screening for Dummies. Single Field vs Two Field. The Retinal Screening Song. British Association of Retinal Screeners. NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme. Ive Only Got Eyes for My Honey. To enter the 21st century and update your browser. Ray Creations. Sponsored by.
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Retinal Screener: R3 Stable
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Taking a Look Behind the Screens. 6 July 2014 at 11:55. 16 September 2014 at 13:34. I'm a Retinal Screener and Grader currently working for the NHS as part of a Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Programme somewhere in England. Retinal Screening for Dummies. Single Field vs Two Field. The Retinal Screening Song. British Association of Retinal Screeners. NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme. If this sidebar is appearing at the very bottom of the page, you're probably using Internet Explorer 6.
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Retinal Screener: I've Only Got Eyes for My Honey
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Taking a Look Behind the Screens. I've Only Got Eyes for My Honey. Not too dry. In those cases I tell them it could be keratoconjunctivitis sicca instead. But that could all be about to end. I was taking an eye history from a new patient this week, and he told me that until a couple of years ago he suffered from the most terrible dry eyes, which watered constantly and were frequently sore. But that all changed one day in 2010 when he found an overnight cure. I said "On toast? He said "No, in my eyes".
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Retinal Screener: Desperate Times
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Taking a Look Behind the Screens. It's the first of April, which means that from today onwards, local Diabetic Eye Screening Programmes in England will take their first tentative steps down the rocky road to a common pathway. By this time next year, we should all be singing from the same hymn sheet and looking alike. It's as if Jedward are working on a gospel album. The new national website is already up and running, a new name has been adopted, and issues of ' DES News. The answer's no. In fact, I'l...
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Retinal Screener: December 2012
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Taking a Look Behind the Screens. A festive message from four very special people. I've Only Got Eyes for My Honey. Not too dry. In those cases I tell them it could be keratoconjunctivitis sicca instead. I'm naturally skeptical of anything patients tell me, including their date of birth and GP, but I took the bait, and asked him what the cure was. He said "Honey". I said "On toast? He said "No, in my eyes". Apparently he first heard of the cure in some far-flung land (I think it was the Isle of Wight), a...
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Retinal Screener: June 2013
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Taking a Look Behind the Screens. One of the trickier challenges for any diabetic eye screening programme is getting the wording right on the patient letters. Communicating the potential seriousness of diabetic retinopathy without terrifying the patient in the process is a balancing act that would challenge the skills of Charles Blondin, and when you add in the need to be clear and concise enough to earn a crystal mark, the feat becomes nigh on impossible. And they use the phrase "dunna wittle". To this ...
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Retinal Screener: November 2012
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Taking a Look Behind the Screens. Back in the good old days, when British Rail were getting there, British Leyland weren't, and the only Diabetic Eye Screening Programme was the moment the star wore sunglasses on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, the thought of having a National Health Service run by private companies seemed about as likely as Gary Glitter being a paedophile. So if they're making a profit, they need to spend some of it on PR. But that doesn't make all privatisation (or indeed all Clinicenta...
