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