£15,000 Fight for Sight / BIOS Research Funding
BIOS is delighted to announce our first joint Fight for Sight /BIOS co-funded Small Research Grant Award. The Award is up £15,000 over one [...]
New Video released for World Orthoptic Day 2020
To mark World Orthoptic Day 2020, BIOS have released a video focusing on the advanced and extended roles of orthoptists. While orthoptists are primarily [...]
Risk assessing tele-ophthalmology apps for vision testing in young children
BIOS and RCOphth statement As a result of the current COVID-19 crisis and the ensuing restrictions, there has been increasing interest in adoption of [...]
BOS TU joins health unions to publish blueprint for the safe opening up of the NHS
Fast, comprehensive and accessible testing, and the ongoing, ample supply of protective kit are among measures that must be in place for the NHS [...]
BIOS joins forces with other Allied Health Professionals to call for the extension of prescribing rights
This week, we joined with the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, the British Dietetic Association, the Royal College of Occupational Therapists, and [...]
New Date for Postponed IOA Congress Confirmed
In light of the COVID-19 situation, the IOA made the prudent decision to reschedule the IOA congress that was to have taken place June [...]
Child Vision Screening – FOI Results Published
Child vision screening 2019 – services are available but still work to do! Orthoptic-led child vision screening aims to pick up amblyopia (commonly known [...]
COVID-19 / Coronavirus
Updates in relation to COVID-19 (Coronavirus) are changing rapidly as the spread of the virus develops. BIOS will continue, as always, to prioritise the [...]
