Last week, as part of the BIOS Conference 2023, we launched our new five-year Strategy, laying out our key priorities for delivering on our vision of a “sustainable, thriving and visible profession dedicated to the improvement of the eye health of the population”.
The strategy was introduced by our new Chair, Craig Murray, who took over at the AGM on Thursday. It identifies four key themes: Develop BIOS operational resilience; Lead the development of the profession; Improve visibility, recruitment and retention; and Lead innovation within the profession. In particular, there is a particular focus now on working towards independent prescribing, ensuring a coherent definition of core orthotic practice, and actively supporting a diversity of routes into the profession. There remains a continuing focus on areas such as growing our membership and promoting greater recruitment into the profession.
The strategic themes are underpinned by a Foundational Culture, which includes commitments to equality, diversity and inclusion, reducing health inequality, and environmental sustainability.
The new strategy was developed through discussions at meetings of the Trustees and Council, with a specific working group set up to develop the specific wording and content with feedback from stakeholders across the profession. The strategy will form the basis of BIOS’s work for five years, progress reports to the AGM every year, and an official review and refresh after three years.
Read the full strategy here.
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