Associate Parliamentary Health Group
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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]
Contents
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 is supplied by Networking for Industry (NFI) a not for profit prganisation.[3]
NFI has recently relaunched as Policy Connect.
People
Officers
- Baroness Julia Cumberlege. Also vice-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy [4]
- Sandra Gidley MP. Also a member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy
- 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
- Anne Milton MP
- Baroness Masham of Ilton
- David Drew MP
- Patrick Hall MP
- Dr Richard Taylor MP.[5]
Advisory Panel
- Professor Sir George Alberti
- Professor Christine Beasley
- Professor Sir Kenneth Calman
- Professor Sir Ian Kennedy
- Professor David Taylor
- BaronessJulia Cumberlege
- Lord Toby Harris
- Barry SheermanMP Sheerman is chair and founding member of Networking for Industry [6]
- David Colin-Thome
- Duncan Eaton
- Bernard Dunkley[7]
APHG Life President
- 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 [8]
Associate members
The APHG lists several associate members these include
- Abbott laboratories
- Alliance Boots
- Astra Zeneca
- Bristol Myers Squibb Company
- BT
- BUPA
- CIT
- IBM
- Kimberley Clark Professional
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Pfizer
- SanofiAventis
- Schering Plough
- Wyeth [9]
Notes
- ↑ Associate Parliamentary Health Group About us, Accessed November 25 2008
- ↑ Liz Stephens and Jim Pickard, All-party groups urged to be open on funds, Financial Times, 28 Mar 2010, acc 7 June 2010
- ↑ Associate Parliamentary Health Group Governaance Document,Accessed November 25 2008
- ↑ House of Commons, All Party Groups Register, 30 September 2010
- ↑ Associate Parliamentary Health Group Officers, Accessed November 25 2008
- ↑ Barry Sheerman Social Entrepreneur, Accessed November 25 2008
- ↑ Associate Parliamentary Health Group Advisory Panel, Accessed November 25 2008
- ↑ Associate Parliamentary Health Group Advisory Panel, Accessed November 25 2008
- ↑ Associate Parliamentary Health Group Associate members, Accessed November 25 2008
