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]

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

Parliamentary Officers as at July 2015

Parliamentary Officers as at 30 March 2015

Members as at 30 March 2015

Advisory Panel 2015

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 [11]

Registered benefits

Registered benefits received by group as at September 2015

As stated in the Register of All-Party Groups:

(Registered 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

(Registered August 2015) £4,200 from Rideouts Solicitors | £8,400 from Total Mobile

(Registered September 2015) £8,400 from Serco Group | £8,400 from Napp Pharmaceuticals | £2,100 from Ridouts Solicitors [12]

(Benefits in Kind - Bands of £1,500) £1,501-3,000 from The King's Fund | £1,501-3000 from Nuffield Trust

Registered Benefits as at July 2015

(Registered 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 [13]

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). [14]

Associate Members 2015

Previous Associate Members



. 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. ↑ Register as of 30 March 2015Parliament Website, accessed 1 October 2015
  9. ↑ Barry Sheerman Social Entrepreneur, Accessed November 25 2008
  10. ↑ Advisory Board All-Party Parliamentary Health Group, accessed 19 March 2015
  11. ↑ Associate Parliamentary Health Group Advisory Panel, Accessed November 25 2008
  12. ↑ Register of 29 September 2015Parliament Website, accessed 1 October 2015
  13. ↑ Register of 30 July 2015Parliament Website, accessed 1 October 2015
  14. ↑ House of Commons, Register of All-Party Groups as at 30 Sept 2010
  15. ↑ Membership All-Party Parliamentary health Group, accessed 31 March 2015
  16. ↑ Associate Parliamentary Health Group Associate members, Accessed November 25 2008
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