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Diabetes: Scottish Diabetes Survey
The annual Scottish Diabetes Survey is a key source of information on diabetes in Scotland covering prevalence, characteristics, diabetes care and outcomes relevant to the Diabetes Improvement Plan (see policy context section).
Eye Health
- The 2023 Scottish Diabetes Survey reported that 52.3% of people with type 1 diabetes who had attended diabetic eye screening had diabetic retinopathy, and this figure was 21.1% for those with type 2 diabetes.
- Information is available from Public Health Scotland on the number of eye tests carried out for people with diabetes (in the data table entitled "Clinical conditions relevant to eye care, table 3a").
- Updated diabetic eye screening standards guidance was published by Health Improvement Scotland in 2026.
Please note: If you require the most up-to-date data available, please check the data sources directly as new data may have been published since these data pages were last updated. Although we endeavour to ensure that the data pages are kept up-to-date, there may be a time lag between new data being published and the relevant ScotPHO web pages being updated.