All Party Parliamentary Kidney Group (APPKG) All-Party Parliamentary Kidney Group The role of this group is to improve understanding in Parliament of kidney disease and transplant medicine and promote improvements in the health and care services that are available to improve the health of people with renal failure. The National Kidney Federation performs the role of Secretariat by Andrea Brown, Chief Executive. To make contact please email [email protected] What is an APPG? All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal, cross-party, interest groups of MPs and Peers interested in a particular issue. APPGs do not have any power to make laws and are not funded by Parliament. There is a great number of APPGs, covering many and diverse fields such as health, education, transport, defence, finance, the media, and sports. Some APPGs have existed for many decades whereas others come and go in response to issues of the day. For more information, please visit the Parliament website. Please note - The APPKG has now dissolved due to the General Election. We will update this page in due course. How can you help? The recent election means there are many new MPs in Parliament, and plenty of opportunities to educate parliamentarians about kidney disease. As Secretariat of the All Party Parliamentary Kidney Group, the NKF are responsible for recruiting MPs to join. If you would like your MP to be involved in the work of the group, the most effective way is to contact them. We have provided a template for you to base your letter or email on, but please personalise it with as much information as you are happy to share. Hearing directly from constituents affected by kidney disease and transplantation is the most effective way of encouraging an MP to get involved. If you are not sure who your local MP is then you can find out here. https://members.parliament.uk/members/commons Download the template here Manage Cookie Preferences