Cross-Party Group on Visual Impairment Wednesday 1 February 2023, 13.00-14.15 via Teams Minute Present MSPs Stuart McMillan MSP Colin Smyth MSP Invited guests Susan Shippey, Senior Sensory Loss Policy Manager|Support for Sensory Loss and Augmentative and Alternative Communication Team, Scottish Government Professor Margaret (Mags) Watson, GTAP Professor of Health Services Research and Pharmacy Practice, University of Strathclyde Observers Karen Mowat, Scottish Government Mike Stewart, Scottish Government Lesley-Anne Watt, Scottish Government Non-MSP Group Members James Adams, Director, RNIB Scotland Paul Bartley, Optelec Claire Black, NHS Education for Scotland Ian Brown, RNIB Scotland Catriona Burness, RNIB Scotland Lesley Carcary, seescape Bruce Christie, RNIB Scotland Advisory Committee Eileen Clarkson, RNIB Scotland Elizabeth Docherty, Optometry Scotland Niall Foley, Guide Dogs Scotland Claire Forde, RNIB Scotland Advisory Committee Laura Gray, Macular Society Sheila Hands, NHS Tayside Gillian Hallard, RNIB Scotland Kirstie Henderson, RNIB Scotland Colin Hilditch, Sight Scotland and Sight Scotland Veterans 1 Thelma Ingram Lisa Kelly, Scottish Association of Visual Impairment Educators (SAVIE) Elizabeth McCann, Scottish Sensory Centre, University of Edinburgh Fiona McDonald, Sight Scotland and Sight Scotland Veterans Iona McLean, Macular Society Maureen MacMillan, Sight Action Jo MacQueen, RNIB Scotland Hazel McFarlane, Scottish Sensory Hub Carla Marchbank, NESS Gillian Mitchell, Sight Action Michael Moore, Guide Dogs Scotland Sally Paterson, Vision Support Service, Aberdeen City Council Mary...