UKAS has performed assessment for accreditation against the IQIPS standard since 2012 for 8 physiological Science services. The scope of accreditation and finalised standard was not completed at initial conception for the vision science community and so only 7 of the 8 disciplines have been engaged with the accreditation process to date.
Following discussions with stakeholders within the Ophthalmic and Vision Science community and acceptance of the revised IQIPS standard together with a defined scope of activity UKAS now intends to extend this accreditation into the Vision Science discipline.
Current status
UKAS issued an expression of interest notice in April 2020 and hosted a meeting in November 2020 for interested parties. The deadline for applications for this pilot has been removed and we are still able to accept applications for this project.