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