Osteoporosis and Bone Health APPG

First Registered: 02/06/2021 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

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To raise awareness of osteoporosis amongst parliamentarians and to influence legislation and policy makers to improve the lives of people living with the condition. The APPG will consider how to promote behavioural change and systems changes so people of all ages can strengthen their bones and prevent osteoporosis.

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
Reticulating Splines
1 Additional APPG Publications
1 January 2024
Equal access to strong bones: addressing the treatment gap in osteoporosis, 2024
4 Current APPG Officers
Sonia Kumar Portrait
Sonia Kumar
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Dudley
Joined: 2nd January 2025
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Cyprus
Lord Black of Brentwood Portrait
Lord Black of Brentwood
Co-Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 2nd June 2021
5 APPG Officer Positions
Advertising , Cats , ITV , Media Freedom , Music Education
5 APPG Memberships
Blockchain Technologies , HIV, AIDS and Sexual Health , Intellectual Property , Music , Publishing
Matt Bishop Portrait
Matt Bishop
Vice Chair
Labour - Forest of Dean
Joined: 2nd January 2025
4 APPG Officer Positions
Dairy , Education , PANS PANDAS , Vascular and Venous Disease
5 APPG Memberships
Defibrillators , Early Education and Childcare , Miscarriages of Justice , Republic of Korea , Water Pollution
Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen Portrait
Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Autism
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Sonia Kumar MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: sonia.kumar.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

James Dobson, Royal Osteoporosis Society. Tel: 01761 473 102

Email: james.dobson@theros.org.uk

Secretariat:

Royal Osteoporosis Society acts as the group's secretariat. https://theros.org.uk/

Benefits in Kind
Date
12 Nov 2024
Source
Royal Osteoporosis Society
Description
Royal Osteoporosis Society is funded by UCB and Theramex to act as the group's secretariat   From : 12/11/2024 To : 11/11/2025
Value
£24,001
Date
25 Mar 2024
Source
Royal Osteoporosis Society
Description
Royal Osteoporosis Society is part-funded by UCB to act as the group's secretariat   From : 25/03/2024 To : 24/03/2025
Value
£24,001
Date
25 Mar 2023
Source
Royal Osteoporosis Society
Description
Royal Osteoporosis Society is part-funded by UCB to act as the group's secretariat   From : 25/03/2023 To : 24/03/2024
Value
£9,001
Date
25 Mar 2022
Source
Royal Osteoporosis Society
Description
Royal Osteoporosis Society is paid by the following to act as the group's secretariat: Amgem, Consilient Health, Thornton and Ross, UCB   From : 25/03/2022 To : 24/03/2023
Value
£12,001
Date
25 Mar 2021
Source
Royal Osteoporosis Society
Description
Royal Osteoporosis Society is paid by the following to act as the group's secretariat: Amgem, Consilient Health, Thornton and Ross, UCB   From : 25/03/2021 To : 24/03/2022
Value
£12,001
Financial Benefits Received
Date
29 Mar 2021
Source
Thornton and Ross
Value
£30,070
Former APPG Officers
Judith Cummins Portrait
Judith Cummins
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Bradford South
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Peter Dowd Portrait
Peter Dowd
Treasurer
Labour - Bootle
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 30th May 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Children who need Palliative Care , Falkland Islands , Genetic, Rare and Undiagnosed Conditions , Italy , Liverpool City Region

No other APPG Memberships

John McDonnell Portrait
John McDonnell
Vice Chair
Independent - Hayes and Harlington
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Microplastics

No other APPG Memberships

Nick Smith Portrait
Nick Smith
Vice Chair
Labour - Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Film and Broader Screen , Parkrun

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Rennard Portrait
Lord Rennard
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Diabetes , Global Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT+) Rights , Political and Media Literacy , Smoking and Health , Vietnam

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Portrait
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Masham of Ilton Portrait
Baroness Masham of Ilton
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Karin Smyth Portrait
Karin Smyth
Vice Chair
Labour - Bristol South
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 23rd March 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Julian Sturdy Portrait
Julian Sturdy
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for York Outer
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 23rd March 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Quin Portrait
Baroness Quin
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 14th July 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships