The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood is a dynamic cross-party group, bringing together over 100 MPs and Peers.
Its aim is to raise awareness of haemophilia, bleeding disorders and the contaminated blood tragedy issues amongst parliamentarians and influence legislation and policy to improve the lives of the affected community. The APPG reformed after the 2017 election with an inaugural meeting on the 12th July 2017. It’s most recent AGM was in June 2018 with the next one due in Summer 2019.
The current work of the APPG focuses on:
- Access to treatment and care for people with bleeding disorders
- Campaigning for improvements to the Contaminated Blood Support Schemes
APPG Inquiry into Access to Treatment – Call for Evidence
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood has launched an Inquiry into the current systems of licensing, procurement, commissioning and prescription of treatments for genetic bleeding disorders in the UK.
It will document the current processes with a focus on how these processes impact on the treatments that patients are offered and can be offered by the NHS. They wish to show where the processes are working well and when they are not and make recommendations for how the processes could be changed to improve access to treatments and outcomes for people with bleeding disorders.
You can read an overview of the inquiry here.
It offers the opportunity to hear directly from people with bleeding disorders including those who were infected with HIV and Hepatitis via their NHS treatment in the 1970s and 80s and supports members to ask questions and participate in debates and Parliamentary meetings on these issues.
It offers the opportunity to hear directly from people with bleeding disorders including those who were infected with HIV and Hepatitis via their NHS treatment in the 1970s and 80s and supports members to ask questions and participate in debates and Parliamentary meetings on these issues.
The officers of the APPG regularly correspond with the DH on the support available to people affected by contaminated blood and all letters and replies are available on this website. Read the APPG correspondence here.
The APPG reformed after the 2017 election with an inaugural meeting on the 12 July 2017.
The Group undertook an inquiry into the support for those affected by the contaminated blood scandal in the UK which was published in January 2015. Read the full report (PDF) or the executive summary (PDF).
The Co-Chairs of the Group are:
- Diana Johnson MP
- Sir Peter Bottomley MP
The Secretariat to the APPG on Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood is provided by The Haemophilia Society.
The APPG is keen to welcome new members to support their work and ensure haemophilia, bleeding disorders and the contaminated blood tragedy remain on the political agenda. We encourage the affected community to contact their MP and ask them to join the APPG by contacting the Co-Chairs or the Haemophilia Society on Jeff@haemophilia.org.uk
The Current membership of the APPG is:
| Nigel Adams MP (Conservative) |
| Ian Austin MP (Independent) |
| Richard Bacon MP (Conservative) |
| Sir Peter Bottomley MP (Conservative) |
| Tom Brake MP (Lib Dem) |
| Kevin Brennan MP (Labour) |
| Rt Hon Nick Brown MP (Labour) |
| Dan Carden MP (Labour) |
| Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP (Lib Dem) |
| Rt Hon Ann Clwyd MP (Labour) |
| Alberto Costa MP (Conservative) |
| Geoffrey Cox MP (Conservative) |
| Mary Creagh MP (Labour) |
| Mary Creagh MP (Labour) |
| Jim Cunningham MP (Labour) |
| Wayne David MP (Labour) |
| David Davies MP (Conservative) |
| Rt Hon David Davis MP (Conservative) |
| Martyn Day MP (SNP) |
| Thangam Debbonaire MP (Labour) |
| Caroline Dineage MP (Conservative) |
| Jonathan Djangoly MP (Conservative) |
| Rt Hon Nigel Dodds MP (DUP) |
| Stephen Doughty MP (Labour/Co-op) |
| Jack Dromey MP (Labour) |
| Clive Efford MP (Labour) |
| Chris Evans MP (Labour/Co-op) |
| Baroness Featherstone (Lib Dem) |
| Marion Fellows MP (SNP) |
| Suella Fernandes MP (Conservative) |
| Rt Hon Frank Field MP (Independent) |
| Baroness Finlay (Crossbencher) |
| Kevin Foster MP (Conservative) |
| Vicky Foxcroft MP (Labour) |
| Mark Garnier MP (Conservative) |
| Nusrat Ghani MP (Conservative) |
| Mary Glindon MP (Labour) |
| Roger Godsiff MP (Labour) |
| Zac Goldsmith MP (Conservative) |
| Patrick Grady MP (SNP) |
| Nia Griffith MP (Labour) |
| Stephen Hammond MP (Conservative) |
| Rt Hon David Hanson MP (Labour) |
| Sir Oliver Heald MP (Conservative) |
| Drew Hendry MP (SNP) |
| Kevin Hollinrake MP (Conservative) |
| Kelvin Hopkins MP (Independent) |
| Nick Hurd MP (Conservative) |
| Christine Jardine MP (Lib Dem) |
| Andrea Jenkyns MP (Conservative) |
| Diana Johnson MP (Labour) |
| Rt Hon David Jones MP (Conservative) |
| Mike Kane MP (Labour) |
| Barbara Keeley MP (Labour) |
| Stephen Kinnock MP (Labour) |
| Norman Lamb MP (Lib Dem) |
| Clive Lewis MP (Labour) |
| Caroline Lucas MP (Green Party) |
| Khalid Mahmood MP (Labour) |
| Anne Main MP (Conservative) |
| Kit Malthouse MP (Conservative) |
| Lord Mancroft (Conservative) |
| Gordon Marsden MP (Labour) |
| Chris Matheson MP (Labour) |
| Steve McCabe MP (Labour) |
| Kerry McCarthy MP (Labour) |
| Conor McGinn MP (Labour) |
| Liz McInnes MP (Labour) |
| Jim McMahon MP (Labour) |
| Anna McMorrin MP (Labour) |
| Esther McVey MP (Conservative) |
| Baroness Meacher (Crossbencher) |
| Mark Menzies MP (Conservative) |
| Madeleine Moon MP (Labour) |
| Jessica Morden MP (Labour) |
| Albert Owen MP (Labour) |
| Jo Platt MP (Labour) |
| Rebecca Pow MP (Conservative) |
| Mark Pritchard MP (Conservative) |
| Jonathan Reynolds MP (Labour/Co-op) |
| Rt Hon Joan Ryan MP (Labour) |
| Bob Seely MP (Conservative) |
| Jim Shannon MP (DUP) |
| Tulip Siddiq MP (Labour) |
| Andy Slaughter MP (Labour) |
| Chloe Smith MP (Conservative) |
| Henry Smith MP (Conservative) |
| Chris Stephens MP (SNP) |
| Jo Stevens MP (Labour) |
| John Stevenson MP (Conservative) |
| Bob Stewart MP (Conservative) |
| Iain Stewart MP (Conservative) |
| Alison Thewliss MP (SNP) |
| Derek Thomas MP (Conservative) |
| Maggie Throup MP (Conservative) |
| Anna Turley MP (Labour/Co-op) |
| Derek Twigg MP (Labour) |
| Catherine West MP (Labour) |
| Helen Whately MP (Conservative) |
| Philippa Whitford MP (SNP) |
| Pete Wishart MP (SNP) |
| Nadhim Zahawi MP (Conservative) |
Disclaimer
This is not an official website of the House of Commons or the House of Lords. It has not been approved by either House or its committees. All Party Parliamentary Groups are informal groups of Members of both Houses with a common interest in particular issues. The views expressed in these webpages are those of the Group.