Black Health APPG

First Registered: 12/02/2025 • Last updated on: 18/05/2026

Note: This APPG was last registered on 18th May 2026. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 29th June 2026 and may be defunct. Perhaps you are looking for the Black Maternal Health APPG?

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To create a forum to raise political awareness of stark health inequalities disproportionately impacting Black Caribbean and African people in the UK, and to advocate for actions to reduce health inequalities. To stimulate dialogue, drive evidence-based research, policy development, and promote equitable healthcare access and outcomes through influencing policy and practice.

Note: All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal, cross-party groups formed by MPs and Members of the House of Lords who share a common interest in a particular policy area, region or country. APPGs have no official status within Parliament.
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Former Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
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Former APPG Officers
Paulette Hamilton Portrait
Paulette Hamilton
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Birmingham Erdington
Joined: 12th February 2025
Departed: 18th May 2026
3 APPG Officer Positions
Cyprus , Less Survivable Cancers , Local Government

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne Portrait
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 12th February 2025
Departed: 18th May 2026
6 APPG Officer Positions
Cabin Air Quality , Jazz , Lebanon , Opera , Race and Community , Switzerland and Liechtenstein

No other APPG Memberships

Ben Coleman Portrait
Ben Coleman
Officer
Labour - Chelsea and Fulham
Joined: 12th February 2025
Departed: 18th May 2026
1 APPG Officer Position
Czechia

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Boateng Portrait
Lord Boateng
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 12th February 2025
Departed: 18th May 2026
1 APPG Officer Position
Ghana

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Paulette Hamilton MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: paulette.hamilton.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Charles Kwaku-Odoi, Caribbean & African Health Network. Tel: 07575 579377

Email: appg@cahn.org.uk

Secretariat:

Caribbean & African Health Network acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.cahn.org.uk/

Group's Website:

http://www.appgblackhealth.uk/

Benefits in Kind
Date
22 Jan 2025
Source
Caribbean & African Health Network
Description
Secretariat   From : 22/01/2025 To : 21/01/2026
Value
£13,501
Date
22 Jan 2025
Source
Caribbean & African Health Network
Description
Secretariat   From: 22/01/2025 To: 21/01/2026
Value
£13,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Black Health APPG