We gratefully acknowledge the invaluable support and contributions of the following funders, steering group members and collaborators. SCONe funders, steering group & collaborators SCONe research is funded by: Image Sight Scotland The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) The RS Macdonald Charitable Trust Fight For Sight / Vision Foundation We are also grateful to the following organisations for contributing funding to our initial Proof of Concept phase: Chief Scientist Office (CSO) NHS Lothian Charity, formerly known as Edinburgh & Lothians Health Foundation (ELHF) Steering group & collaborators: Image Dr Janet Pooley Scottish Government Advisor and Optometrist Image Professor Roshini Sanders Lead e-referral and Consultant Ophthalmologist, NHS Fife Image Dr Heather Ellis Senior Lecturer and Deputy Programme Director, Ophthalmology Masters Image Action Against AMD and the Foresight Consortium UK Special Thanks The SCONe Team would like to thank the pioneering optometry practices who have participated in the SCONe project so far. SCONe would also like to acknowledge the support of the eDRIS Team (Public Health Scotland) for their involvement in obtaining approvals, provisioning and linking data, and the use of the secure analytical platform within the National Safe Haven. Image We would also like to thank EPCC (part of the University of Edinburgh), the UK's leading centre of Supercomputing and Data Science expertise, for their involvement in enabling SCONe in the National Safe Haven. This article was published on 2024-08-22
