The APPG on Global Health
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Global Health provided a parliamentary platform to identify and debate global health issues and concerns.
Formed in July 2015 by Parliamentarians including Lord Nigel Crisp, Meg Hillier, Dr Daniel Poulter, and Baroness Lindsay Northover, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Global Health provided a parliamentary platform to identify and debate global health issues and concerns. The group raised the profile of and support for global health within the UK Parliament and government, hosted events and roundtables, and prepared reports and policy recommendations on several pressing issues including submissions to enquiries such as for the recent International Development White Paper, International development in a contested world: ending extreme poverty and tackling climate change.
The APPG on Global Health addressed issues including those related to the pursuit of Universal Health Coverage, tackling health workforce challenges worldwide, the threat posed by antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and on the healthcare response to the coup in Myanmar and the war in Ukraine.
The APPG received financial support from various prestigious institutions, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, University College London, and the Wellcome Trust, highlighting its influence and engagement in important global health discussions.
The APPG on Global Health was sadly dissolved in March 2024, following the introduction of new rules for APPGs which made the recruitment of Officers for the group much more challenging ahead of the July 2024 General Election.
THET provided the secretariat for the group from summer 2022 until it’s dissolution in June 2024, and we would like to thank the then Co-Chairs and Officers of the group for their contribution to global health, namely Dr Daniel Poulter, Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, and Lord Crisp.
We have collected documents and reports published by the APPG Global Health, shared here as a useful resource. THET believes that many of these reports continue to bear relevance, and we are committed to continue our work toward upholding and actioning their recommendations.
Policy Papers and Reports
The APPG published reports on topics of interest and held regular public meetings, working with other APPGs wherever possible.
Probable Futures and Radical Possibilities: an Exploration of the Future Roles of Health Workers (July 2022)
The report is based on interviews with healthcare workers, patients’ representatives, academics and political leaders from 17 different countries and explores the future roles of health workers around the world. The document makes recommendations to governments, and everyone involved in health systems and health workers’ education, training and development.
You can access a summary report by clicking here.
The full report can be read by clicking here.
An accompanying comment piece was also published in The Lancet that we welcome you to read and share: www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)01300-9
New directions for the mental health workforce globally (July 2021)
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, an urgent and powerful response was needed to the growing mental health crisis. This report argued that the mental health workforce needs dramatic changes in composition and in the way specialists work with the wider public and civil society in order to meet the challenge. It also calls for much greater investment in mental health.
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The UK, G7 and global health (March 2021)
With its Presidency of G7 and the hosting of COP26, the UK had the opportunity with the to play a leading role in shaping the global health agenda. At the same time it was able to define its global role after Brexit as the world started to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
This statement set out the APPG’s views on the UK’s global role and made recommendations about priorities for G7 meetings. It was based on meetings and discussions with parliamentarians and health and science leaders.
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The UK is already a leader in health and the related sciences. This report lays out the case to give this role even greater priority and argues that further planning, collaboration and targeted investment will enable the UK to become a truly global centre for health and health science
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Universal Health Coverage cannot be achieved without strengthening nursing, in part by
increasing the number of nurses, but also making sure their contribution is properly understood. Nurses must be empowered to work to their full potential. The report argues that strengthening nursing will have the triple impact of improving health, promoting gender equality and supporting economic growth.
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The UK’s contribution to health globally (June 2015)
With new strategies for mutually beneficial partnerships, and greater alignment between sectors, the UK could strengthen its position as a global leader in health. This report maps the UK’s current footprint on health globally and provides accompanying commentary and recommendations to bring benefits to the UK and to the world.
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Mental health for sustainable development (November 2014)
Progress in development will not be made without significant improvements in mental health. Mental illnesses cause more disability than any other health condition, they bring enormous pain and suffering and can lead to early death, human rights abuses and damage to the economy.
Sadly mental health is often a low priority for development programmes or neglected altogether. This report describes the scale of the challenge and looks at how UK resources and expertise could help address it.
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Patient empowerment: for better quality, more sustainable health services globally (May 2014)
This report takes a global perspective on an issue that concerns us all, wherever we live: whether health care is something that is done ‘to’ or ‘with’ us. It underlines how giving renewed emphasis and investment to patient empowerment at every level will
help improve quality and make health systems more sustainable.
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Improving health at home and abroad (July 2013)
Overseas volunteering from the NHS benefits the UK and the world, and even more could be achieved with better organisation and support. This report argues that people can be involved through virtual communication as well as by actually travelling.
It makes three recommendations: spreading good practice; creating a movement; and, providing the right environment to sustain success. In this way, British volunteers could have an even greater impact in the future at home and abroad
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As health workers around the world take on new roles, task-shifting and task-sharing can have a major beneficial impact on services. Nurses perform tasks previously undertaken by doctors, community health workers and nursing assistants learn new skills, and patients are becoming part of the healthcare team. This report investigated how new roles and better teamwork can release potential and improve health service.
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