Beyond Pills APPG

First Registered: 24/01/2024 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

To move UK healthcare beyond an over-reliance on pills by combining social prescribing, lifestyle medicine, psychosocial interventions and safe deprescribing. As well as reducing unnecessary and inappropriate prescribing, this integrated approach will improve outcomes and reduce health inequalities

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4 Current Officers - 20 Current Members - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits

Reticulating Splines
36 Additional APPG Publications
20 Current APPG Members
Lord Altrincham Portrait
Lord Altrincham
Member
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
2 APPG Officer Positions
Greater Manchester , Hadrian's Wall

No other APPG Memberships

Lewis Atkinson Portrait
Lewis Atkinson
Member
Labour - Sunderland Central
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe Portrait
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
Member
Labour - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
5 APPG Memberships
Christians in Parliament , Heritage Rail , Obesity , Safeguarding in Faith Communities , Transport Safety
Ben Coleman Portrait
Ben Coleman
Member
Labour - Chelsea and Fulham
1 APPG Officer Position
Black Health
5 APPG Memberships
Adult Social Care , Autism , Fairtrade , Social Science and Policy , Waterways
Earl of Devon Portrait
Earl of Devon
Member
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Kevin McKenna Portrait
Kevin McKenna
Member
Labour - Sittingbourne and Sheppey
2 APPG Officer Positions
Health , Sustainable Resources
3 APPG Memberships
Carbon Monoxide , Customer Service , Healthy Places
Baroness Meyer Portrait
Baroness Meyer
Member
Conservative - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
2 APPG Memberships
International Students , Switzerland and Liechtenstein
Edward Morello Portrait
Edward Morello
Member
Liberal Democrat - West Dorset
2 APPG Officer Positions
ClimateTech , Water Pollution
4 APPG Memberships
Beer , Grid Networks , Marine Energy , Renewable and Sustainable Energy
Lord Patel of Bradford Portrait
Lord Patel of Bradford
Member
Non-affiliated - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
Healthy Places
1 APPG Membership
Health
Baroness Rock Portrait
Baroness Rock
Member
Conservative - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Dr Simon Opher MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 02072 197116.

Email: simon.opher.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Dr Anne Guy, Beyond Pills Alliance. Tel: 01256 351 023

Email: dr.anneguy@beyondpillsappg.org

Secretariat:

Beyond Pills Alliance acts as the group's secretariat. https://beyondpillsalliance.org

Group's Website:

https://beyondpillsappg.org/

No benefits in kind are on record for the Beyond Pills APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Beyond Pills APPG

Former APPG Officers
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Portrait
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 24th January 2024
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Winchester
Joined: 24th January 2024
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships