Osteoporosis and Bone Health APPG

First Registered: 02/06/2021 • Last updated on: 12/02/2025

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 APPG Officers

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Sonia Kumar

Chair & Registered Contact

Labour - Dudley

Joined: 2nd January 2025

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Black of Brentwood

Co-Chair

Conservative - Life peer

Joined: 2nd June 2021

4 APPG Memberships
Cats , ITV , Media Freedom , Music Education

Matt Bishop

Vice Chair

Labour - Forest of Dean

Joined: 2nd January 2025

4 APPG Memberships
Dairy , Education , PANS PANDAS , Vascular and Venous Disease

Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen

Vice Chair

Non-affiliated - Life peer

Joined: 17th May 2023

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

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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/