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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>
 
* 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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* [[Sandra Gidley]] MP. Also a member of the [[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy]]
 
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* Dr [[Howard Stoate]] MP. Also a member of the [[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy]], the  [[Men's Health Forum]] and the [[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men's Health]] until he stood down from politics in April 2010
 
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* [[Anne Milton]] MP
 
 
* [[Baroness Masham]] of Ilton  
 
* [[Baroness Masham]] of Ilton  
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* [[David Drew]] MP
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*[[Kevin Barron]] - MP for Rother Valley and co-chair of the APHG.
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* [[Patrick Hall]] MP
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*[[Paul Burstow]] - MP for Sutton and Cheam and a parliamentary co-chair of the APHG.
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* Dr [[Richard Taylor]] MP.<ref> [[Associate Parliamentary Health Group]]
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*[[Neil Carmichael]] - MP for Stroud, he has been co-chair of the APHG since his election.
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[http://www.healthinparliament.org.uk/officers.html Officers], Accessed November 25 2008</ref>
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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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*[[Baroness Masham]]
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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>
  
 
=== Advisory Panel ===
 
=== Advisory Panel ===

Revision as of 17:31, 19 March 2015

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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 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." [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

Advisory Panel

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 [10]

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). [11]

The APHG lists several associate members including:



. Administration of the Register

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. ↑ House of Commons, All Party Groups Register, 30 September 2010
  7. ↑ About Us All-Party Parliamentary Health Group, accessed 19 March 2015
  8. ↑ Barry Sheerman Social Entrepreneur, Accessed November 25 2008
  9. ↑ Associate Parliamentary Health Group Advisory Panel, Accessed November 25 2008
  10. ↑ Associate Parliamentary Health Group Advisory Panel, Accessed November 25 2008
  11. ↑ House of Commons, Register of All-Party Groups as at 30 Sept 2010
  12. ↑ Associate Parliamentary Health Group Associate members, Accessed November 25 2008
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