News
Exploratory work – BIOS Career Development Framework Project
We’d value your input as we start to explore the format and content [...]
Orthoptist appointed to Chair the DVLA Honorary Medical Advisory Panel on Driving and Visual Disorders
Orthoptist Dr Claire Howard has recently been appointed by the Secretary of State [...]
Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers 2024 Awards Open
Submissions still being considered for Ruskell Medal and Master’s Medal for 2024. The medals [...]
Fight for Sight and BIOS Announce Small Research Grant Award
BIOS is delighted to announce our third joint Fight for Sight /BIOS co-funded [...]
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).