To call on the government to prioritise and drive increased investment and resource into both the prevention and treatment of obesity.
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4 Current APPG Officers
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7 APPG Memberships
Bahá'í Faith , Fire Safety and Rescue , Hadrian's Wall , Muscular Dystrophy , Parkinson's , Pro-Life , Responsible Vaping
Bahá'í Faith , Fire Safety and Rescue , Hadrian's Wall , Muscular Dystrophy , Parkinson's , Pro-Life , Responsible Vaping
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details
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Mary Glindon MP, Swans Centre for Innovation, Station Rd, Wallsend, NE28 6HJ. Tel: 0191 234 2493.
Public Enquiry Point:
Tom Doughty, Healthcomms Consulting, Floor 2, Church House, 29 Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3BL. Tel: 020 7735 6963
Email: tom.doughty@healthcommsconsulting.co.uk
Secretariat:
Healthcomms Consulting acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.healthcommsconsulting.co.uk/
Group's Website:
Benefits in Kind
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Date
14 Jan 2024
14 Jan 2024
Source
Healthcomms Consulting
Healthcomms Consulting
Description
Healthcomms Consulting is paid by Slimming World to act as the group's secretariat From : 14/01/2024 To : 13/01/2025
Healthcomms Consulting is paid by Slimming World to act as the group's secretariat From : 14/01/2024 To : 13/01/2025
Value
£16,501
£16,501
Date
14 Jan 2023
14 Jan 2023
Source
Healthcomms Consulting
Healthcomms Consulting
Description
Healthcomms Consulting is paid by the following to act as the group's secretariat: Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson, and Slimming World From : 14/01/2023 To : 13/01/2024
Healthcomms Consulting is paid by the following to act as the group's secretariat: Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson, and Slimming World From : 14/01/2023 To : 13/01/2024
Value
£55,501
£55,501
Date
14 Jan 2023
14 Jan 2023
Source
Healthcomms Consulting
Healthcomms Consulting
Description
Healthcomms Consulting is paid by the following to act as the group's secretariat: Johnson & Johnson, Slimming World and Eli Lilly From : 14/01/2023 To : 13/01/2024
Healthcomms Consulting is paid by the following to act as the group's secretariat: Johnson & Johnson, Slimming World and Eli Lilly From : 14/01/2023 To : 13/01/2024
Value
£55,501
£55,501
Date
14 Jan 2022
14 Jan 2022
Source
Healthcomms Consulting
Healthcomms Consulting
Description
Healthcomms Consulting is paid by Novo Nordisk, Medtronic Ltd, and Johnson & Johnson to act as the group's secretariat From : 14/01/2022 To : 13/01/2023
Healthcomms Consulting is paid by Novo Nordisk, Medtronic Ltd, and Johnson & Johnson to act as the group's secretariat From : 14/01/2022 To : 13/01/2023
Value
£49,501
£49,501
Date
14 Jan 2022
14 Jan 2022
Source
Healthcomms Consulting
Healthcomms Consulting
Description
Healthcomms Consulting is paid by the following to act as the group's secretariat: Medtronic Ltd, Johnson & Johnson, and Slimming World From : 14/01/2022 To : 13/01/2023
Healthcomms Consulting is paid by the following to act as the group's secretariat: Medtronic Ltd, Johnson & Johnson, and Slimming World From : 14/01/2022 To : 13/01/2023
Value
£49,501
£49,501
Date
14 Jan 2021
14 Jan 2021
Source
Healthcomms Consulting
Healthcomms Consulting
Description
Healthcomms Consulting is paid by Novo Nordisk, Medtronic Ltd, and Johnson & Johnson to act as the group's secretariat From : 14/01/2021 To : 13/01/2022
Healthcomms Consulting is paid by Novo Nordisk, Medtronic Ltd, and Johnson & Johnson to act as the group's secretariat From : 14/01/2021 To : 13/01/2022
Value
£82,501
£82,501
Date
14 Jan 2021
14 Jan 2021
Source
Healthcomms Consulting
Healthcomms Consulting
Description
Healthcomms Consulting is paid by Novo Nordisk, Medtronic Ltd, and Johnson & Johnson to act as the group's secretariat From : 14/01/2021 To : 13/01/2022
Healthcomms Consulting is paid by Novo Nordisk, Medtronic Ltd, and Johnson & Johnson to act as the group's secretariat From : 14/01/2021 To : 13/01/2022
Value
£42,001
£42,001
Date
14 Jan 2020
14 Jan 2020
Source
PB Consulting
PB Consulting
Description
PB Consulting is paid by Novo Nordisk, Medtronic Ltd, and Johnson & Johnson to act as the group's secretariat From : 14/01/2020 To : 13/01/2021
PB Consulting is paid by Novo Nordisk, Medtronic Ltd, and Johnson & Johnson to act as the group's secretariat From : 14/01/2020 To : 13/01/2021
Value
£70,501
£70,501
Date
14 Jan 2020
14 Jan 2020
Source
Healthcomms Consulting
Healthcomms Consulting
Description
Healthcomms Consulting is paid by Novo Nordisk, Medtronic Ltd, and Johnson & Johnson to act as the group's secretariat From : 14/01/2020 To : 13/01/2021
Healthcomms Consulting is paid by Novo Nordisk, Medtronic Ltd, and Johnson & Johnson to act as the group's secretariat From : 14/01/2020 To : 13/01/2021
Value
£70,501
£70,501
Date
18 Jul 2017
18 Jul 2017
Source
PB Consulting
PB Consulting
Description
PB Consulting is paid by grants from Novo Nordisk and Medtronic Ltd to act as the group's secretariat From : 18/07/2017 To : 17/07/2018
PB Consulting is paid by grants from Novo Nordisk and Medtronic Ltd to act as the group's secretariat From : 18/07/2017 To : 17/07/2018
Value
£25,501
£25,501
Date
18 Jul 2017
18 Jul 2017
Source
PB Consulting
PB Consulting
Description
PB Consulting is paid by grants from Novo Nordisk, Medtronic Ltd and Johnson & Johnson to act as the group's secretariat From : 18/07/2017 To : 17/07/2018
PB Consulting is paid by grants from Novo Nordisk, Medtronic Ltd and Johnson & Johnson to act as the group's secretariat From : 18/07/2017 To : 17/07/2018
Value
£66,001
£66,001
Date
20 Feb 2017
20 Feb 2017
Source
The Whitehouse Consultancy
The Whitehouse Consultancy
Description
Secretariat From : 20/02/2017 To : 20/02/2018
Secretariat From : 20/02/2017 To : 20/02/2018
Value
£10,501
£10,501
Date
4 Jan 2016
4 Jan 2016
Source
The Whitehouse Consultancy
The Whitehouse Consultancy
Description
Secretariat From : 04/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
Secretariat From : 04/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
Value
£13,501
£13,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Obesity APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Lord Bethell
Co-Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 15th June 2022Departed: 6th March 2024
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
12 Step Recovery
12 Step Recovery
Jo Gideon
Vice Chair
Conservative - Stoke-on-Trent Central
Joined: 17th May 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Memberships
Charities and Volunteering , Germany , Small and Micro Business , Whistleblowing , Youth Affairs
Charities and Volunteering , Germany , Small and Micro Business , Whistleblowing , Youth Affairs
Martyn Day
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Joined: 17th May 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
James Davies
Vice Chair
Conservative - Vale of Clwyd
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 5th April 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Jim Shannon
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford
Joined: 6th June 2018Departed: 5th April 2023
5 APPG Memberships
Bahá'í Faith , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Pakistani Minorities , Respiratory Health , Sleep
Bahá'í Faith , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Pakistani Minorities , Respiratory Health , Sleep
Baroness Masham of Ilton
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 15th June 2022Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Eleanor Smith
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Wolverhampton South West
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Andrew Selous
Co-Chair
Conservative - South West Bedfordshire
Joined: 14th March 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
6 APPG Memberships
Cancer , Carbon Monoxide , Child Contact Centres and Services , Children who need Palliative Care , Dying Well , Intensive Care
Cancer , Carbon Monoxide , Child Contact Centres and Services , Children who need Palliative Care , Dying Well , Intensive Care
No other APPG Memberships
Pat McFadden
Vice Chair
Labour - Wolverhampton South East
Joined: 21st November 2018Departed: 8th May 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Maggie Throup
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Erewash
Joined: 3rd February 2016Departed: 31st January 2018
4 APPG Memberships
Antimicrobial Resistance , Diagnostics , Furniture Industry , Vaccinations for All
Antimicrobial Resistance , Diagnostics , Furniture Industry , Vaccinations for All
John McNally
Vice-Chair
Scottish National Party - Falkirk
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 31st January 2018
3 APPG Memberships
Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion and Hairdressing , Microplastics , Tidy Britain
Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion and Hairdressing , Microplastics , Tidy Britain
Emma Reynolds
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Wolverhampton North East
Joined: 3rd February 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
John Mc Nally
Vice Chair
Joined: 3rd February 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships