APPG on mental health
What is the APPG on Mental Health?
The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Mental Health is a group of MPs and peers from all political parties who are interested in mental health.
Rethink Mental Illness and the Royal College of Psychiatrists provide the secretariat for the APPG. Together, we help to shape the group’s agenda and organise events with government ministers, NHS organisations, health professionals, research bodies and people with experience of mental illness.
For further information on the APPG, please contact Louise Forsyth, Public Affairs and Stakeholder Manager, on louise.forsyth@rethink.org
What is the APPG currently working on?
In 2018, the APPG on Mental Health published its report On the road to parity, following its inquiry into the government's five-year strategy to improve mental health services. The report was debated in Parliament on 30 October 2018.
Who is on the APPG on Mental Health?
The APPG is made up of elected officers from different political parties. The following were elected at the last APPG annual general meeting in February 2020.
Position |
Name |
Party |
Chair |
Jeff Smith MP |
Labour |
Vice Chair |
Dr Ben Spencer MP |
Conservative |
Vice Chair |
Dean Russell MP |
Conservative |
Vice Chair |
Rachel Maskell MP |
Labour |
Vice Chair |
Marco Longhi MP |
Conservative |
Vice Chair |
The Earl of Listowel |
Crossbench |
Vice Chair |
Baroness Meacher |
Crossbench |
Vice Chair |
Baroness Tyler |
Liberal Democrats |
Vice Chair |
Baroness Hollins |
Crossbench |
Officer |
Lord Moynihan |
Conservative |
Officer |
Neil Coyle MP |
Labour |
Officer |
Matt Western MP |
Labour |
Officer |
Helen Hayes MP |
Labour |
Officer |
Munira Wilson MP |
Liberal Democrats |
Member |
Wera Hobhouse |
Liberal Democrats |
Member |
Duncan Baker MP |
Conservative |
Member |
Jane Stevenson MP |
Conservative |
Member |
Dr Daniel Poulter MP |
Conservative |
Member |
Nigel Evans MP |
Conservative |
Member |
Paul Bloomfield MP |
Labour |
Member |
Baroness Watkins |
Crossbench |
Member |
Lord Bradley |
Labour |