Table 6
The change in workload during the first round of screening (middle 2 years)
| Source of referral to eye clinic with referral criteria of opinion about DR seen: | Source of referral to eye clinic with any DR found in clinic: | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997–8 | 1998–9 | 1999–2000 | 2000–1 | Total | 1997–8 | 1998–9 | 1999–2000 | 2000–1 | Total | |
| Eye screening service | 0 | 103 | 237 | 190 | 530 | 0 | 104 | 233 | 184 | 521 |
| GP and optician | 96 | 101 | 54 | 92 | 343 | 124 | 119 | 73 | 108 | 424 |
| Physician | 56 | 85 | 56 | 61 | 258 | 64 | 90 | 65 | 57 | 276 |
| GP | 62 | 30 | 13 | 22 | 127 | 88 | 58 | 37 | 43 | 226 |
| Within eye department | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 47 |
| A&E dept | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 |
| Self referral | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 |
| Other sources | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| Total | 227 | 333 | 363 | 368 | 1289 | 301 | 405 | 430 | 407 | 1543 |
