1. Improving the information provided to people losing their sight at the time of Certification Mark Godfrey

2. Background
RNIB, Blind Veterans and ADASS have had a series of meetings over the past two years with DH regarding the CVI form and the process
DH added a question to the Care Act consultation, asking if RNIB should have access to contact details of newly certified people
RNIB, Guide Dogs and the Certification office met to consider a revised process and agreed the need for a non-branded information pack
Cross sector task group established to design an information pack

3. Principles agreed The branding should be joint, neutral or NHS?
It should be co-produced with people who have recent experience of the CVI process
We should take the best of what is already available
The focus should be on NHS England initially

4. Cross Sector Task Group
Project Sponsor: Philippa Simkiss, RNIB
Project Lead: Mark Godfrey
Project Members: Carl Freeman – Guide Dogs
Lara King – Blind Veterans UK
Alison Oliver - Visionary
Richard Wormald, CVI Moorfields
Pete Fahy, ADASS
Other groups to be kept informed, provide information, and comment on the draft information pack

5. Next steps
Identifying people with recent experience of the CVI process interested in participating in this work
Initial conversations with 6-8 people and one/two co-production events to take place at the end of September (London and Birmingham)
Identification and review of good practice and information currently available
Information pack to be ready by the end of October