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The [[Associate Parliamentary Health Group]] (APHG) is according to its website
 
The [[Associate Parliamentary Health Group]] (APHG) is according to its website
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"an all-party parliamentary subject group dedicated to disseminating knowledge, generating debate and facilitating engagement with health issues amongst Members of Parliament. APHG comprises members of all political parties, provides information with balance and impartiality, focuses on local as well as national matters, and is recognised as one of the preferred sources of information on health in Parliament.
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"an all-party parliamentary subject group dedicated to disseminating knowledge, generating debate and facilitating engagement with health issues amongst Members of Parliament. APHG comprises members of all political parties, provides information with balance and impartiality, focuses on local as well as national matters, and is recognised as one of the preferred sources of information on health in Parliament.'
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The APHG was launched in November 2001, following discussions with Ministers of Government, the Department of Health, the NHS Executive, and senior Parliamentarians, on the basis that Members of Parliament need as much high quality and impartial information as possible to fulfil their crucial role in the UK's health programme." <ref> Associate Parliamentary Health Group [http://www.healthinparliament.org.uk/about_us.html About us], Accessed November 25 2008</ref>
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==Funding==
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A March 2010 article in the Financial Times provided a critique of All-Party groups for "taking money from private companies regularly without any obligation to declare how the funds are used". It singled out the Associate Parliamentary Health Group, which it said:
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:receives £168,000 a year in “associate membership fees” from 26 health-related and pharmaceutical companies. These include [[AstraZeneca]], [[Bristol-Myers Squibb]], [[GlaxoSmithKline]] and [[Pfizer]]. The money helps to fund “extensive online facilities”, including an exclusive database of localised health data, which is available to MPs and paying associate member companies.<ref>Liz Stephens and Jim Pickard, [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9d5ecebc-3a94-11df-b6d5-00144feabdc0.html All-party groups urged to be open on funds], Financial Times, 28 Mar 2010, acc 7 June 2010</ref>
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== Secretariat ==
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The secretariat and other administrative services to the APHG was supplied by [[Networking for Industry]] (NFI) a not for profit organisation.<ref> Associate Parliamentary Health Group
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[http://www.healthinparliament.org.uk/APHG%20Code%20of%20Governance.doc Governance Document],Accessed November 25 2008</ref>
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According to Companies House, NFI's name was changed to [[Policy Connect]] in December 2007. <ref>Companies House [http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/bec795cabededc5628f61f11b3e4c218/compdetails Policy Connect], accessed 14 October 2010. </ref>
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[[Policy Connect]]'s group manager, [[Sally Percy]] holds a parliamentary pass. <ref> Associate Parliamentary Health Group
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[http://www.healthinparliament.org.uk/APHG%20Code%20of%20Governance.doc Governance Document],Accessed November 25 2008</ref>
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== Sponsors ==
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The register in September 2010 disclosed that a £7000 associate membership fee received from each of the following: [[Sanofi-Pasteur]], [[Grunenthall]], [[Alliance Boots]], [[Novo Nordisk]], [[Takeda]], [[Bristol Myers Squibb]] (registered July 2010) and from [[Abbott Laboratories]], [[WCI]], [[Sanofi Aventis]] (registered August 2010).
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==People==
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===Officers, July 2015-April 2016===
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*Chair [[Kevin Barron]]- [[Labour]]
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*Treasurer Lord [[Phil Hunt]] - [[Labour]]
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*Co-Chair Baroness [[Julia Cumberlege]] - [[Conservative Party]]
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*Co-Chair [[Susan Cunliffe-Lister]] (Baroness Masham of Ilton) - Crossbench
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*Co-Chair [[Helen Whately]] - [[Conservative Party]]
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*Co-Chair [[Maria Caulfield]] - [[Conservative Party]]
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*Co-Chair: Baroness [[Joan Walmsley]] - [[Liberal Democrats]] <ref> [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/150929/150929.pdf Register of 29 September 2015]Parliament Website, accessed 1 October 2015 </ref><ref name="February">[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/160203/health.htm Health APPG Register Feb 16], ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 17 February 2016</ref><ref name="April">[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/160428/health.htm Health APPG, Register 28 April 2016], ''parliament.uk'', accessed 11 May 2016</ref> 
  
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The APHG was launched in November 2001, following discussions and with Ministers of Government, the Department of Health, the NHS Executive, and senior Parliamentarians, on the basis that Members of Parliament need as much high quality and impartial information as possible to fulfil their crucial role in the UK's health programme." <ref> Associate Parliamentary Health Group[http://www.healthinparliament.org.uk/about_us.html About us], Accessed November 25 2008</ref>
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====Parliamentary Officers as at 30 March 2015====
  
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* Baroness [[Julia Cumberlege]]. Also vice-chair of the [[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy]] <ref> House of Commons, All Party Groups Register, 30 September 2010 </ref>
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* [[Susan Cunliffe-Lister]] (Baroness Masham of Ilton) - Co-chair of the APHG.
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*[[Kevin Barron]] - MP for Rother Valley and co-chair of the APHG.
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*[[Paul Burstow]] - MP for Sutton and Cheam and a parliamentary co-chair of the APHG.
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*[[Neil Carmichael]] - MP for Stroud, he has been co-chair of the APHG since his election.
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*[[Sarah Champion]] - MP for Rotherham and has been a co-chair of the APHG since 2013.
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*[[Andrew George]] - MP for St Ives. He is a member of the Health Select Committee and a parliamentary co-chair of the APHG.
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*Lord [[Phil Hunt]] - a Labour Peer, he is also chair of Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust and is treasurer of the APHG.
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*[[Robert Jenrick]] MP
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*[[Sarah Wollaston]] <ref> [http://www.healthinparliament.org.uk/about/parliamentary-officers About Us] ''All-Party Parliamentary Health Group'', accessed 19 March 2015 </ref>
  
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== People ==
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====Members as at 30 March 2015====
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Sir [[David Amess]] - [[Conservative Party]] | [[John Baron]] - [[Conservative Party]] | Dr [[Julian Huppert]] - [[Liberal Democrats]] | Dr [[Daniel Poulter]] - [[Conservative Party]] | Baroness [[Trixie Gardner]] - [[Conservative Party]] | [[Mark Simmonds]] - [[Conservative Party]] | Lord [[Simon Arthur]] - [[Conservative Party]] | [[Louise Ellman]] - [[Labour]] | Lord [[Toby Harris]] - [[Labour]] | [[Barry Sheerman]] - [[Labour]] | Dame [[Anne Begg]] - [[Labour]] | Lord [[David John Ramsbotham]] - Crossbencher | Baroness [[Ilora Finlay]] of Llandaff - Crossbencher
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*Baron [[John Walton]] of Detchant - Crossbencher <ref> [http://www.parliament.uk/documents/pcfs/all-party-groups/app-register-30-march-2015.pdf Register as of 30 March 2015]Parliament Website, accessed 1 October 2015 </ref> | [[Peter Dowd]] - [[Labour]] | [[Kate Osamor]] - [[Labour Co-Operative]] | [[Baroness Walmsley]] - [[Liberal Democrats]]
  
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* Baroness[[Julia Cumberlege]]
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====Advisory Panel 2015====
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* [[Baroness Masham]] of Ilton
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Sir [[John Tooke]]  | [[Jeremy Taylor]]  | Professor [[David Taylor]] | Lord [[Toby Harris]] | [[Barry Sheerman]] MP.  Sheerman is chair and founding member of [[Networking for Industry]] <ref> Barry Sheerman
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* [[Anne Milton]] MP
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[http://www.barrysheerman.org.uk/record.jsp?type=requiredPage&ID=44&area=SE Social Entrepreneur], Accessed November 25 2008</ref> | [[Chris Hopson]] | [[Lynda Hamlyn]] | Professor [[Chris Ham]] | [[Duncan Eaton]] | [[Bernard Dunkley]] | [[Jennifer Dixon]] | [[Lord Crisp]] | [[David Colin-Thome]] | Professor Sir [[Cyril Chantler]] | Dr [[Peter Carter]] | [[Anna Bradley]] <ref> [http://www.healthinparliament.org.uk/about/advisory-board Advisory Board] ''All-Party Parliamentary Health Group'', accessed 19 March 2015 </ref>
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* [[David Drew]] MP
 
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* [[Sandra Gidley]] MP
 
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* [[Patrick Hall]] MP
 
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* Dr [[Howard Stoate]] MP
 
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* Dr [[Richard Taylor]] MP<ref> Associate Parliamentary Health  Group
 
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[http://www.healthinparliament.org.uk/officers.html Officers], Accessed November 25 2008</ref>
 
  
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=== APHG Life President ===
  
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[[Bernard Dunkley]]
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* APHG Life President
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* Active in the Pharmaceuticals Industry for 37 years
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* Former national field sales manager for [[Lederle]] Laboratories
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* UK and Government Affairs Director for [[Lederle]] and [[Wyeth]] Laboratories UK <ref> Associate Parliamentary Health  Group
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[http://www.healthinparliament.org.uk/advisory_panel_dunkley.html Advisory Panel], Accessed November 25 2008 </ref>
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==Benefits in Kind==
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(In bands of £1,500) £1,501-3,000 from [[The King's Fund]] | £1,501-3000 from [[Nuffield Trust]]. Both amounts were to fund receptions held for the group. <ref name="February"/>
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==Financial benefits==
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===Registered benefits received by group as at February 2016===
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'''February 2016''': £2,400 from [[Virgin Care]] <ref name="April"/>
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===Registered benefits received by group as at January 2016===
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'''January 2016''': £2,100 from [[Ridouts Law]] | £8,400 from [[Bristol Myers Squibb]] | £8,400 from  [[Sanofi Pasteur MSD UK]] <ref name="February"/>
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===Registered benefits received by group as at December 2015===
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'''December 2015''': £8,400 from [[Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited]] | £8,400 from [[Map of Medicine]] <ref name="February"/>
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===Registered benefits received by group as at November 2015===
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'''September 2015''': £8,400 from [[Optum Health Solutions]]
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'''November 2015''':: £8,400 from [[Walgreens Boots alliance]] | £8,400 from [[AbbVie]] | £8,400 from [[IMS Maxims]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/151113/health.htm Health APPG],''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 26 November 2015</ref>
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===Registered benefits received by group as at September 2015===
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As stated in the Register of All-Party Groups:
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'''July 2015''': £3,500 from [[Rideout's Law]] | £,7000 from [[Jannsen Cilag]] | £7,000 from [[Sanofi Pasteur MSD Ltd]] | £,7000 from [[Pfizer UK]] | £7,000 from [[Merck Sharpe & Dohme]] | £7,000 from [[Novartis UK]] | £7,000 from [[Grunenthal UK]] | £1,750 from [[Rideout's Law]]
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'''August 2015''': £4,200 from [[Rideouts Solicitors]] | £8,400 from [[Total Mobile]]
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'''September 2015''': £8,400 from [[Serco Group]] | £8,400 from [[Napp Pharmaceuticals]] | £2,100 from [[Ridouts Solicitors]] <ref> [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/150929/150929.pdf
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Register of 29 September 2015]Parliament Website, accessed 1 October 2015 </ref>
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===Registered benefits as at July 2015===
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'''July 2015''': £3,500 from [[Rideout's Law]] | £7,000 from [[Jannsen Cilag]] | £7,000 from [[Sanofi Pasteur MSD Ltd]] | £7,000 from [[Pfizer]] | £7,000 [[Merck Sharpe & Dohme]] | £7,000 from [[Novartis UK]] | £7,000 from [[Grunenthal UK]] | £1,750 from [[Rideout's Law]] <ref> [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/150929/150929.pdf Register of 30 July 2015]Parliament Website, accessed 1 October 2015 </ref>
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===Registered benefits as at March 2015===
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October 2014: £8,400 from: [[Abbvie Ltd]] | [[Ascribe Ltd]] | [[Map of Medicine Ltd]] | [[Merck Sharpe and Dhome Ltd]] | [[Napp Pharmaceuticals Ltd]] | [[Novartis Ltd]] | [[Nutricia Ltd]] | [[Optum Health Ltd]] | [[Ridouts Law Ltd]] | [[Sanofi-Pasteur MSD]] | [[Total Mobile Ltd]] <ref> [http://www.parliament.uk/documents/pcfs/all-party-groups/app-register-30-march-2015.pdf Register of 30 March 2015]Parliament Website, accessed 1 October 2015 </ref>
  
 
== Associate members ==
 
== Associate members ==
  
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The APHG lists several associate members these include
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An Associate Parliamentary Group also allows voting rights to persons in addition to Members of the House of Commons or Lords who are part of the group (unlike an All-Party Parliamentary Group which restricts voting rights to only Members). <ref> House of Commons, Register of All-Party Groups as at 30 Sept 2010 </ref>
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* [[Abbott laboratories]]
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* [[Alliance Boots]]
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====Associate Members 2015====
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* [[Astra Zeneca]]
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*[[Abbvie Ltd]] | [[Bristol-Myers Squibb Ltd]] | [[Grunenthal Ltd]] | [[Merck, Sharp and Dohme]] | [[Nutricia]] | [[NAPP Pharmaceuticals Ltd]] | [[Walgreen Boots Alliance]] | [[Sanofi Pasteur MSD]] | [[Map of Medicine]] | [[Novartis Ltd]] | [[Optum Healthcare Solutions Ltd]] <ref> [http://www.healthinparliament.org.uk/about-us/associate-membership Associate Membership List]Health in Parliament.Org, accessed 1 October 2015 </ref>
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* [[BUPA]]
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* [[GlaxoSmithKline]]
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====Previous Associate Members====
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* [[Pfizer]]  
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* [[Abbott laboratories]] | [[Alliance Boots]] | [[Astra Zeneca]] | [[Bristol Myers Squibb Company]] | [[BT]] | [[BUPA]] | [[CIT]] | [[IBM]] | [[Kimberley Clark Professional]] | [[GlaxoSmithKline]] | [[Pfizer]] | [[SanofiAventis]] | [[Schering Plough]] | [[Wyeth]] <ref> Associate Parliamentary Health Group [http://www.healthinparliament.org.uk/associate_members.html Associate members], Accessed November 25 2008</ref>
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* [[SanofiAventis]]
 
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* [[Wyeth]] <ref> Associate Parliamentary Health Group [http://www.healthinparliament.org.uk/associate_members.html Associate members], Accessed November 25 2008</ref>
 
  
 
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The Associate Parliamentary Health Group (APHG) is according to its website "an all-party parliamentary subject group dedicated to disseminating knowledge, generating debate and facilitating engagement with health issues amongst Members of Parliament. APHG comprises members of all political parties, provides information with balance and impartiality, focuses on local as well as national matters, and is recognised as one of the preferred sources of information on health in Parliament.'

The APHG was launched in November 2001, following discussions with Ministers of Government, the Department of Health, the NHS Executive, and senior Parliamentarians, on the basis that Members of Parliament need as much high quality and impartial information as possible to fulfil their crucial role in the UK's health programme." [1]

Funding

A March 2010 article in the Financial Times provided a critique of All-Party groups for "taking money from private companies regularly without any obligation to declare how the funds are used". It singled out the Associate Parliamentary Health Group, which it said:

receives £168,000 a year in “associate membership fees” from 26 health-related and pharmaceutical companies. These include AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer. The money helps to fund “extensive online facilities”, including an exclusive database of localised health data, which is available to MPs and paying associate member companies.[2]

Secretariat

The secretariat and other administrative services to the APHG was supplied by Networking for Industry (NFI) a not for profit organisation.[3]

According to Companies House, NFI's name was changed to Policy Connect in December 2007. [4] Policy Connect's group manager, Sally Percy holds a parliamentary pass. [5]

Sponsors

The register in September 2010 disclosed that a £7000 associate membership fee received from each of the following: Sanofi-Pasteur, Grunenthall, Alliance Boots, Novo Nordisk, Takeda, Bristol Myers Squibb (registered July 2010) and from Abbott Laboratories, WCI, Sanofi Aventis (registered August 2010).

People

Officers, July 2015-April 2016

Parliamentary Officers as at 30 March 2015

Members as at 30 March 2015

Sir David Amess - Conservative Party | John Baron - Conservative Party | Dr Julian Huppert - Liberal Democrats | Dr Daniel Poulter - Conservative Party | Baroness Trixie Gardner - Conservative Party | Mark Simmonds - Conservative Party | Lord Simon Arthur - Conservative Party | Louise Ellman - Labour | Lord Toby Harris - Labour | Barry Sheerman - Labour | Dame Anne Begg - Labour | Lord David John Ramsbotham - Crossbencher | Baroness Ilora Finlay of Llandaff - Crossbencher

Advisory Panel 2015

Sir John Tooke | Jeremy Taylor | Professor David Taylor | Lord Toby Harris | Barry Sheerman MP. Sheerman is chair and founding member of Networking for Industry [12] | Chris Hopson | Lynda Hamlyn | Professor Chris Ham | Duncan Eaton | Bernard Dunkley | Jennifer Dixon | Lord Crisp | David Colin-Thome | Professor Sir Cyril Chantler | Dr Peter Carter | Anna Bradley [13]

APHG Life President

Bernard Dunkley

  • APHG Life President
  • Active in the Pharmaceuticals Industry for 37 years
  • Former national field sales manager for Lederle Laboratories
  • UK and Government Affairs Director for Lederle and Wyeth Laboratories UK [14]

Benefits in Kind

(In bands of £1,500) £1,501-3,000 from The King's Fund | £1,501-3000 from Nuffield Trust. Both amounts were to fund receptions held for the group. [7]

Financial benefits

Registered benefits received by group as at February 2016

February 2016: £2,400 from Virgin Care [8]

Registered benefits received by group as at January 2016

January 2016: £2,100 from Ridouts Law | £8,400 from Bristol Myers Squibb | £8,400 from Sanofi Pasteur MSD UK [7]

Registered benefits received by group as at December 2015

December 2015: £8,400 from Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited | £8,400 from Map of Medicine [7]

Registered benefits received by group as at November 2015

September 2015: £8,400 from Optum Health Solutions

November 2015:: £8,400 from Walgreens Boots alliance | £8,400 from AbbVie | £8,400 from IMS Maxims [15]

Registered benefits received by group as at September 2015

As stated in the Register of All-Party Groups:

July 2015: £3,500 from Rideout's Law | £,7000 from Jannsen Cilag | £7,000 from Sanofi Pasteur MSD Ltd | £,7000 from Pfizer UK | £7,000 from Merck Sharpe & Dohme | £7,000 from Novartis UK | £7,000 from Grunenthal UK | £1,750 from Rideout's Law

August 2015: £4,200 from Rideouts Solicitors | £8,400 from Total Mobile

September 2015: £8,400 from Serco Group | £8,400 from Napp Pharmaceuticals | £2,100 from Ridouts Solicitors [16]

Registered benefits as at July 2015

July 2015: £3,500 from Rideout's Law | £7,000 from Jannsen Cilag | £7,000 from Sanofi Pasteur MSD Ltd | £7,000 from Pfizer | £7,000 Merck Sharpe & Dohme | £7,000 from Novartis UK | £7,000 from Grunenthal UK | £1,750 from Rideout's Law [17]

Registered benefits as at March 2015

October 2014: £8,400 from: Abbvie Ltd | Ascribe Ltd | Map of Medicine Ltd | Merck Sharpe and Dhome Ltd | Napp Pharmaceuticals Ltd | Novartis Ltd | Nutricia Ltd | Optum Health Ltd | Ridouts Law Ltd | Sanofi-Pasteur MSD | Total Mobile Ltd [18]

Associate members

An Associate Parliamentary Group also allows voting rights to persons in addition to Members of the House of Commons or Lords who are part of the group (unlike an All-Party Parliamentary Group which restricts voting rights to only Members). [19]

Associate Members 2015

Previous Associate Members

Notes

  1. ↑ Associate Parliamentary Health Group About us, Accessed November 25 2008
  2. ↑ Liz Stephens and Jim Pickard, All-party groups urged to be open on funds, Financial Times, 28 Mar 2010, acc 7 June 2010
  3. ↑ Associate Parliamentary Health Group Governance Document,Accessed November 25 2008
  4. ↑ Companies House Policy Connect, accessed 14 October 2010.
  5. ↑ Associate Parliamentary Health Group Governance Document,Accessed November 25 2008
  6. ↑ Register of 29 September 2015Parliament Website, accessed 1 October 2015
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Health APPG Register Feb 16, www.parliament.uk, accessed 17 February 2016
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Health APPG, Register 28 April 2016, parliament.uk, accessed 11 May 2016
  9. ↑ House of Commons, All Party Groups Register, 30 September 2010
  10. ↑ About Us All-Party Parliamentary Health Group, accessed 19 March 2015
  11. ↑ Register as of 30 March 2015Parliament Website, accessed 1 October 2015
  12. ↑ Barry Sheerman Social Entrepreneur, Accessed November 25 2008
  13. ↑ Advisory Board All-Party Parliamentary Health Group, accessed 19 March 2015
  14. ↑ Associate Parliamentary Health Group Advisory Panel, Accessed November 25 2008
  15. ↑ Health APPG,www.parliament.uk, accessed 26 November 2015
  16. ↑ [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/150929/150929.pdf Register of 29 September 2015]Parliament Website, accessed 1 October 2015
  17. ↑ Register of 30 July 2015Parliament Website, accessed 1 October 2015
  18. ↑ Register of 30 March 2015Parliament Website, accessed 1 October 2015
  19. ↑ House of Commons, Register of All-Party Groups as at 30 Sept 2010
  20. ↑ Associate Membership ListHealth in Parliament.Org, accessed 1 October 2015
  21. ↑ Associate Parliamentary Health Group Associate members, Accessed November 25 2008
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