The APPG on Pharmacy was formed in December 1999 to drive forward cross-party conversations on topical issues and their significance for pharmacy, patients and the NHS.

WHAT WE DO

Public meetings

We hold regular public meetings with expert speakers, with an invited audience comprising health professionals, patient groups, government officials, industry representatives and the media.

See our upcoming events

Inquiry work

We undertake investigations into topical issues and invite expert speakers to explain their views to us. We prepare reports for Health Ministers containing our findings, views and recommendations for policy action, just as a select committee would do.

Ministers respond to our recommendations and we have previously positively influenced government policy over a number of issues through our work, including on emergency hormonal contraception, calling for more support for pharmacies during the pandemic, concordance, and wasted medicines, and the government’s response to the OFTs proposals on control of entry.

Find out about our ongoing and past inquiries

OUR COMMITTEE OFFICERS

Chair of the APPG, Steve Race MP

Vice-Chair of the APPG, Sadik Al-Hassan MP

Vice-Chair of the APPG, Baroness Cumberlege

Vice-Chair of the APPG, Lord Scriven

OUR APPG MEMBERS

Andrew Rosindell MP

Baroness Bennett

Baroness Finlay

Baroness Golding

Baroness Redfern

Baroness Ritchie

Bob Blackman MP

Dame Caroline Dinenage MP

Dawn Butler MP

Daisy Cooper MP

Derek Twigg MP

Greg Stafford MP

Ian Roome MP

Josh Fenton-Glynn MP

Lewis Atkinson MP

Lord Liddle

Rachael Maskell MP

Sureena Brackenridge MP

Sarah Champion MP

Simon Opher MP

Amanda Hack MP

Freddie van Mierlo MP

James Naish MP

Lee Dillon MP

Rachel Gilmour MP

Shockat Adam MP

OUR SPONSORS

The APPG receives financial support from the Independent Pharmacies Association; Company Chemists Association; National Pharmacy Association; Community Pharmacy England; and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.