Inaugural Meeting
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Wed, 11th Sep, 2024
Wed, 11th Sep, 2024 
The Eye Health and Visual Impairment APPG held its Inaugural Meeting in the new Parliament
on Wednesday 11th September
The following Officers we elected:
– Chair – Marsha de Cordova MP
– Lord Blunkett
– Mims Davies MP
– Shokat Adam MP
The members of the APPG include:
– Daniel Francis MP
– Richard Baker MP
– Florence Eshalomi MP
– Kate Osamor MP
– Ian Byrne MP
– Dawn Butler MP
– Simon Opher MP
– Steve Darling MP
– Rachel Maskell MP
– Debbie Abrahams MP
– Paula Barker MP
– Alicia Kearns MP
– Afzal Khan MP
– Jim Shannon MP
– Baroness Hollins
– Lord Low
– Lord Shinkwin
Minutes of recent meetings
22nd February 2023
The APPG session looked into employment and the Access to Work scheme. Panelists and attendees discussed the advantages of the Access to Work scheme when it was deployed efficiently and highlighted the impact of delayed assessments and implementation had on people with sight loss.
26th April 2023
The APPG session discussed the eye care workforce and explored current challenges, opportunities and recommendations for the eye care workforce needed now, and in the future.
T* APPG Meeting (Eye Health) and AGM 2-4pm, Parliament
The Eye Health and Visual Impairment held its AGM on Tuesday 19th March.
