Surgical Mesh APPG

First Registered: 24/09/2020 • Last updated on: 13/12/2023

Note: This APPG was last registered on 13th December 2023. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 18th June 2025 and may be defunct.

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To raise awareness of mesh and the plight of mesh-injured men and women amongst the public, healthcare professionals, welfare assessors and government. To campaign for the recommendations of the First Do No Harm report to be accepted and implemented by government.

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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Reticulating Splines
Former APPG Officers
Emma Hardy Portrait
Emma Hardy
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
Joined: 24th September 2020
Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Alec Shelbrooke Portrait
Alec Shelbrooke
Co-Chair
Conservative - Wetherby and Easingwold
Joined: 24th September 2020
Departed: 13th December 2023
5 APPG Officer Positions
Alevis , Classical Music , Endometriosis , First Do No Harm - Mesh, Primodos, Valproate , Snooker

No other APPG Memberships

Sarah Green Portrait
Sarah Green
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Chesham and Amersham
Joined: 29th December 2021
Departed: 13th December 2023
2 APPG Officer Positions
First Do No Harm - Mesh, Primodos, Valproate , Ukraine

No other APPG Memberships

Sharon Hodgson Portrait
Sharon Hodgson
Vice Chair
Labour - Washington and Gateshead South
Joined: 24th September 2020
Departed: 13th December 2023
6 APPG Officer Positions
Art, Craft and Design in Education , First Do No Harm - Mesh, Primodos, Valproate , Leamside Line , Parents , School Food , Ticket Abuse

No other APPG Memberships

Sara Britcliffe Portrait
Sara Britcliffe
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Hyndburn
Joined: 29th December 2021
Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Julian Lewis Portrait
Julian Lewis
Vice Chair
Conservative - New Forest East
Joined: 24th September 2020
Departed: 30th November 2022
5 APPG Officer Positions
Afghan Women and Girls , Disability , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Publishing , State Pension Inequality for Women

No other APPG Memberships

Kirsten Oswald Portrait
Kirsten Oswald
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for East Renfrewshire
Joined: 29th December 2021
Departed: 30th November 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Alex Norris Portrait
Alex Norris
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Nottingham North and Kimberley
Joined: 24th September 2020
Departed: 17th November 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Emma Hardy MP, Constituency office, Tel: 01482 219211.

No benefits in kind are on record for the Surgical Mesh APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Surgical Mesh APPG