News
Freelance or Secondment Opportunity – Project on Refraction and HES Prescriptions
BIOS is pleased to announce the opportunity for a motivated, clinical, academic or [...]
Updated NICE Guideline on Stroke Rehabilitation in Adults
The updated guidelines highlight the massive strides made towards cementing the place of [...]
Orthoptist takes office as Master of The Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers
In what she called “a giant leap for orthoptists”, Liz Shilling (known professionally [...]
BIOS Member Communications Survey
How would you like to hear from us? As a membership organisation and [...]
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).
