Improved outcomes for patients are predicted when Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust (HCT) takes control of the Diabetic Eye Screening Programme (DESP) across Hertfordshire and West Essex (HWE) in April. HCT already runs the DESP for West Hertfordshire and will be working with East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust (ENHT), which will provide clinical leadership and deliver screening. Elliot Howard-Jones, chief executive at HCT, said: “Through the opportunity to bring all these services together, we can co-design our future screening programme working with patients, staff and other partners and …