Table 1.

NHMRC recommendations for special groups [50].

Population	Screening recommendations
Children with prepubertal diabetes	Puberty
Pregnant women with diabetes	First trimester
Gestational diabetes	Only if diabetes persists postpartum
Indigenous Australians	Yearly
Non-English-speaking backgrounds	Yearly
Vision loss not attributed to DM	Yearly
Poor systemic A1c control	Yearly
Hypertension	Yearly
Hyperlipidaemia	Yearly
Renal disease	Yearly
Long duration of diabetes	Yearly
Population	Management recommendations
NPDR detected	Screen every 3–6 months
PDR/DMO detected or unexplained fall in visual acuity	Refer to ophthalmologists within 4 weeks