APPGs are groups of parliamentarians from different parties working together to champion a common cause.
Headway’s Parliamentary Champion, Sir John Hayes MP (Conservative), is the group’s new chair, succeeding Sir Chris Bryant MP, who is now a government minister. The group’s other officers, who, together with Sir John, lead the APPG, are Labour MPs Andy McDonald and Ian Byrne, as well as Baroness Morris of Yardley. The APPG has a larger membership of MPs and peers from political parties across the political spectrum. The UK Acquired Brain Injury Forum is the group’s secretariat.
Headway’s Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Richard Wood, attended the meeting and spoke about the upcoming Action for Brain Injury Week (19 – 25 May).
He said,
“The APPG enables brain injury survivors and MPs to work together in Parliament to seek improvements in support and services for people with ABI and their carers. I look forward to working with Sir John Hayes and the APPG to urge the government to fix the neurorehabilitation postcode lottery, invest in community-based reablement services, and secure a fully funded ABI strategy from the government.”
