Children who need Palliative Care APPG

First Registered: 29/03/2017 • Last updated on: 30/05/2024

Note: This APPG was last registered on 30th May 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 20th November 2024 and may be defunct.

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To inform policy which secures the best quality of life and death for the growing number of babies, children and young people with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions. To improve awareness of their needs and to make sure they are understood by those who can help, including government and parliament.

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 Members - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
Reticulating Splines
Former APPG Members
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff Portrait
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Carbon Monoxide , Dying Well
Peter Dowd Portrait
Peter Dowd
Officer
Labour - Bootle
Joined: 29th December 2021
Departed: 30th May 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Italy , Liverpool City Region
Lord Balfe Portrait
Lord Balfe
Co-Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
4 APPG Memberships
Bangladesh , Cuba , Fair Elections , Single-Parent Families
Siobhain McDonagh Portrait
Siobhain McDonagh
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Mitcham and Morden
Joined: 24th January 2024
Departed: 30th May 2024
4 APPG Memberships
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Brain Tumours , Households in Temporary Accommodation , Tamils
Steve McCabe Portrait
Steve McCabe
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak
Joined: 27th January 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Jonathan Lord Portrait
Jonathan Lord
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Woking
Joined: 27th January 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Chris Green Portrait
Chris Green
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Bolton West
Joined: 29th December 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Siobhain McDonagh Portrait
Siobhain McDonagh
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Mitcham and Morden
Joined: 27th January 2021
Departed: 13th December 2023
4 APPG Memberships
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Brain Tumours , Households in Temporary Accommodation , Tamils
Caroline Johnson Portrait
Caroline Johnson
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Sleaford and North Hykeham
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 7th September 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Bell Ribeiro-Addy Portrait
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Officer
Labour - Clapham and Brixton Hill
Joined: 27th January 2021
Departed: 17th November 2021
3 APPG Memberships
Afrikan Reparations , Endometriosis , Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion
None Portrait
Neil Gray
Officer
 Joined: 29th March 2017
Departed: 17th November 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Tim Farron Portrait
Tim Farron
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale
Joined: 5th November 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
3 APPG Memberships
Christians in Parliament , Migration , Radiotherapy
Liz McInnes Portrait
Liz McInnes
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Heywood and Middleton
Joined: 5th November 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
David Simpson Portrait
David Simpson
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Former Member for Upper Bann
Joined: 5th November 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Sarah Champion Portrait
Sarah Champion
Vice Chair
Labour - Rotherham
Joined: 29th March 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
5 APPG Memberships
Channel Islands , Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights , Ocean , Taiwan , Zoos and Aquariums
Jim Shannon Portrait
Jim Shannon
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford
Joined: 29th March 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
5 APPG Memberships
Healthy Homes and Buildings , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Respiratory Health , UK Food Security , Vascular and Venous Disease
Catherine McKinnell Portrait
Catherine McKinnell
Co-Chair
Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North
Joined: 29th March 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Stuart Andrew Portrait
Stuart Andrew
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Daventry
Joined: 29th March 2017
Departed: 2nd May 2017
1 APPG Membership
Football Supporters
Jason McCartney Portrait
Jason McCartney
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Colne Valley
Joined: 29th March 2017
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Carlile of Berriew Portrait
Lord Carlile of Berriew
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 29th March 2017
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Dame Siobhain McDonagh MP,

Email: No email supplied

Public Enquiry Point:

Ben Delllow, Together for Short Lives, Suite 1b, Whitefriars, Lewins Mead, Bristol BS1 2NT. Tel: 0117 989 7820

Email: ben.dellow@togetherforshortlives.org.uk

Secretariat:

Together for Short Lives acts as the group's secretariat. http://www.togetherforshortlives.org.uk/

Group's Website:

https://www.togetherforshortlives.org.uk/changing-lives/speaking-up-for-children/policy-advocacy/all-party-parliamentary-group-for-children-who-need-palliative-care/

Benefits in Kind
Date
9 Dec 2023
Source
Together for Short Lives
Description
Secretariat   From : 09/12/2023 To : 08/12/2024
Value
£31,501
Date
9 Dec 2022
Source
Together for Short Lives
Description
Secretariat   From : 09/12/2022 To : 08/12/2023
Value
£28,501
Date
9 Dec 2021
Source
Together for Short Lives
Description
Secretariat   From : 09/12/2021 To : 08/12/2022
Value
£43,501
Date
9 Dec 2020
Source
Together for Short Lives
Description
Secretariat   From : 09/12/2020 To : 08/12/2021
Value
£28,501
Date
18 Jul 2019
Source
Together for Short Lives
Description
Secretariat   From : 18/07/2019 To : 17/07/2020
Value
£25,501
Date
18 Jul 2018
Source
Together for Short Lives
Description
Secretariat   From : 18/07/2018 To : 17/07/2019
Value
£21,001
Date
18 Jul 2017
Source
Together for Short Lives
Description
Secretariat   From : 18/07/2017 To : 17/07/2018
Value
£21,001
Date
7 Feb 2017
Source
Together for Short Lives
Description
Secretariat   From : 07/02/2017 To : 06/02/2018
Value
£21,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Children who need Palliative Care APPG