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UCL and Moorfields Launch UK’s First Pre-Registration Orthoptics MSc
UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital are launching the UK's first [...]
HCPC launches Diversity Data Survey
Today, the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) has launched its annual Diversity [...]
Gene Vision launched to support those diagnosed with genetic eye diseases
A new website, Gene Vision (https://gene.vision), has launched today, developed by Professor Mariya [...]
Who we are
The British and Irish Orthoptic Society is the professional body for Orthoptists. Orthoptists are registered Allied Health Professionals regulated by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) in the UK and CORU will be the regulator in the Republic of Ireland.
BIOS was founded in 1937 and is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee.
- BIOS is affiliated to the Allied Health Professionals Federation, a group made up of 12 bodies representing more than 158,000 workers in the UK.
- BIOS is also a member of the International Orthoptic Association and OCE.
- BIOS members in the UK are also automatically trade union members of the British Orthoptic Society Trade Union (BOSTU).