Letters of support and supporting statements for the SCONe project. Document Scottish Government Directorate of Primary Care - PCA(O)2024(04) (153.5 KB / PDF) Document Scottish Government Directorate of Primary Care - PCA(O)2022(07) (123.68 KB / PDF) Document Maree Todd MSP (Minister for Public Health, Women's Health and Sport) - Letter of Support (56.34 KB / PDF) Document Ivan McKee MSP (Minister for Trade, Investment and Innovation) - Letter of Support (158.27 KB / PDF) Document Professor Andrew Morris CBE FRSE FMedSci - Letter of Support (120.85 KB / PDF) Supporting Statements Alzheimer Scotland is pleased to support the SCONe project, who aim to research a link between changes in the retina and risk of diseases which lead to cognitive decline. We applaud the optometry practices involved in this project.- Alzheimer Scotland, August 2024 Alzheimer Scotland Logo Scottish Government SupportI am proud that the data and retinal images that we collect to support individual patient care as part of the NHS in Scotland, could collectively enable huge benefits for the development of life-saving interventions for millions in the future.- Maree Todd MSP, September 2022 Sight Scotland Logo Sight Scotland decided to support SCONe because we believe harnessing the data provided by ever more efficient and detailed eye scanning technology has huge potential for patient benefit. - Sight Scotland, 2021Read Sight Scotland's SCONe Story. With the number of people with sight loss in Scotland set to rise to over 200,000 in the next decade, it’s never been more urgent for us to propel research into learning more about the early sights and progression of eye conditions... That’s why we’re funding some of the most pioneering research projects in Scotland.- Craig Spalding Chief Executive, Sight Scotland The University of Edinburgh I write to lend my full support for the planned SCONe and Foresight Consortium’s pioneering big data project in Scotland, with the potential to have a transformational impact on retinal health in general, and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in particular. Their ambition to create a Scottish repository of retinal images as a national bioresource is laudable, and will be a pipeline for retinal biomarker discovery, cross-linked healthcare research and a platform for continuous improvement in referral accuracy, triage prioritisation and cost-effectiveness in the AMD patient pathway. - Professor Andrew Morris CBE FRSE FMedSci, The University of Edinburgh, October 2019 This article was published on 2025-07-04