First Do No Harm - Mesh, Primodos, Valproate APPG

First Registered: 12/02/2025 • Last updated on: 01/09/2026

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 Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits

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4 Current APPG Officers

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Sarah Green

Chair & Registered Contact

Liberal Democrat - Chesham and Amersham

Joined: 12th February 2025

2 APPG Officer Positions
Chalk Streams , Ukraine
4 APPG Memberships
Adoption and Permanence , Fair Elections , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention , Young Carers and Young Adult Carers

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

Officer

Labour - Life peer

Joined: 12th February 2025

4 APPG Officer Positions
Access to Medicines and Medical Devices , Carbon Monoxide , Dementia , Pro-Life
20 APPG Memberships
Autism , Baby Loss , CAFOD , Carers , Environment , Fair Elections , Fusion Energy , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Healthcare Workers , Heritage Rail , Infrastructure , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases , Maternity , Micromobility , Obesity , Ocean , Pharmacy , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies

Alec Shelbrooke

Officer

Conservative - Wetherby and Easingwold

Joined: 12th February 2025

4 APPG Officer Positions
Classical Music , Endometriosis , Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS/PCOS) , Snooker
4 APPG Memberships
Beer , Hydrogen , Performing Arts Education and Training , Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire