22 October National Diabetic Eye Screening Program Launched October 22, 2018 By Announcement ophthalmology , diabetes 0 Hundreds of thousands of Australians with diabetes are set to receive improved eyecare, following the launch of the national Keep Sight program on Monday. This diabetes eye screening initiative was officially launched at an event at Parliament House attended by various stakeholders, including Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt and Specsavers’ optometry director Mr Peter Larsen. RANZCO CEO Dr David Andrews, Diabetes Australia (DA) CEO Professor Greg Johnson, and Vision 2020 Australia CEO Ms Judith Abbott were also in attendance. Minister Hunt described the potential change in diabetes care as “huge” and said diabetic retinopathy in particular was a major issue affecting quality of life. Read More ... Three key components of the program are: The establishment of an eye examination alert and reminder system via the NDSS Creation and expansion of a digital eye care provider platform with data linkages to the NDSS Delivery of regular comprehensive eye examinations using existing networks of eye care and primary care providers. For more information about this inititive, see also KeepSight: What Is It? on the Optometry Australia website. Related Articles National Cancer Screening Register to commence supporting the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program From 18 November 2019, the National Cancer Screening Register (the National Register) will begin supporting the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP). Resources to engage with under-screened and never-screened women in the National Cervical Screening Program 80% of Australian women who develop cervical cancer are either under screened or have never screened. To assist healthcare providers to encourage these women to participate in cervical screening, resources have been developed for the population groups identified as less likely to engage in screening. Conclusion of payments for National Bowel Cancer Screening Forms General practitioners and specialists that have previously received a payment for submitting a Program form to the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program have been sent a letter about the conclusion of information payments in 2020. 2022 National Immunisation Program influenza program update National Cervical Screening Program Update National Cervical Screening Program Update National Immunisation Program changes from 1 July 2020 Comments are closed.