First Do No Harm APPG

First Registered: 04/11/2020 • Last updated on: 20/11/2024

To raise awareness of and build support for the recommendations in 'First Do No Harm', the report of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review, and to ensure the implementation of the recommendations by the UK government and others.

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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4 Current APPG Officers
Sharon Hodgson Portrait
Sharon Hodgson
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Washington and Gateshead South
Joined: 4th November 2020
Baroness Cumberlege Portrait
Baroness Cumberlege
Co-Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 4th November 2020
1 APPG Membership
Pharmacy
Alec Shelbrooke Portrait
Alec Shelbrooke
Officer
Conservative - Wetherby and Easingwold
Joined: 24th January 2024
1 APPG Membership
Endometriosis
Sarah Green Portrait
Sarah Green
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Chesham and Amersham
Joined: 20th November 2024
1 APPG Membership
Ukraine
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Mrs Sharon Hodgson MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 5160.

Email: sharon.hodgson.mp@parliament.uk

Date
21 Sep 2022
Source
Baroness Cumberlege
Description
Luther Pendragon is paid by Baroness Cumberlege to act as the group's secretariat.   From : 21/09/2022 To : 20/09/2023
Value
£19,501
Date
21 Sep 2021
Source
Luther Pendragon
Description
Luther Pendragon is paid by Baroness Cumberlege to act as the group's secretariat   From : 21/09/2021 To : 20/09/2022
Value
£19,501
Date
21 Sep 2020
Source
Luther Pendragon
Description
Luther Pendragon is paid by Baroness Cumberlege to act as the group's secretariat   From : 21/09/2020 To : 20/09/2021
Value
£9,001
Date
21 Sep 2020
Source
Luther Pendragon
Description
Luther Pendragon is paid by Harris Ventures to act as the group's secretariat   From : 21/09/2020 To : 20/09/2021
Value
£22,501
Date
10 Apr 2023
Source
Cumberlege Connections
Value
£8,577
Date
13 Oct 2022
Source
Cumberlege Connections
Value
£10,000
Date
12 Apr 2022
Source
Cumberlege Connections
Value
£10,000
Date
30 Aug 2021
Source
Office of the Rt Hon Theresa May MP
Value
£20,000
Former APPG Officers
Emma Hardy Portrait
Emma Hardy
Officer
Labour - Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick Portrait
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Portrait
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Cat Smith Portrait
Cat Smith
Vice Chair
Labour - Lancaster and Wyre
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 13th December 2023
2 APPG Memberships
Parkrun , West Coast Main Line
Yasmin Qureshi Portrait
Yasmin Qureshi
Vice Chair
Labour - Bolton South and Walkden
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 13th December 2023
2 APPG Memberships
Dentistry and Oral Health , Obesity
Jeremy Hunt Portrait
Jeremy Hunt
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Godalming and Ash
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Memberships
None Portrait
Lord O'Shaughnessy
Vice Chair
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Patel Portrait
Lord Patel
Vice Chair & Treasurer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Memberships