Developing a range of Telemedicine systems to facilitate the delivery of clinical care and education to both staff and patients with diabetes.  Among the priorities are the screening and monitoring of diabetic eyes.  The project also aims to develop: 1)   a means of using telemedicine technologies to support professional and patient educational processes. 2)   a means of using telemedicine technologies to support clinical processes such as 'virtual' outpatient clinics. 3)   a shared diabetes electronic patient record information system with guidelines.  The project has recruited seven General Practices in Mid and South Wales who will be closely involved in the development and field trial of the technology.  A minimum data set has been designed and a patient/retinal image database application is being developed for shared use via a telecommunications link.  A library of digitised retinal images is being produced by scanning 35mm slides onto CDROM and the use of a newly acquired digital fundal camera.