British and Irish Orthoptic Society

Last updated
British and Irish Orthoptic Society
Formation1937;88 years ago (1937)
Location
MembershipIncrease2.svg 1,511 (2024) [1]
Chair
Craig Murray
General Secretary
Sam Aitkenhead
Affiliations STUC
Website orthoptics.org.uk

The British and Irish Orthoptic Society (BIOS) is a professional body representing orthoptists in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

The society was established in 1937 as the British Orthoptic Society. By 2002, it had 1,455 members, the large majority of whom were women. [2] [3]

Orthopists in the UK and Ireland are trained at either Glasgow Caledonian University, the University of Liverpool, or the University of Sheffield. Most work for the National Health Service, with a few working for private healthcare organisations, or in Ireland. [2]

The society is a member of the Allied Health Professionals Federation and the International Orthoptic Association. It operates a trade union wing, the British Orthoptic Society Trade Union, which is affiliated to the Trades Union Congress. [2] [3]

References

  1. ↑ "BIOS Form AR21 for year ended 31 December 2024" (PDF). GOV.UK. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 "About BIOS". British and Irish Orthoptic Society. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  3. 1 2 Smethurst, John B.; Carter, Peter (June 2009). Historical Directory of Trade Unions. Vol. 6. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing. p.  429. ISBN   9780754666837. LCCN   80-151653.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.