In Committee Room 9 of the House of Commons yesterday evening, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Brain Tumours (APPGBT) on Brain Tumours held its Annual General meeting (AGM). We are very pleased to confirm that our Chair for the forthcoming year will be Dame Siobhain McDonagh, ably supported by MPs Sarah Owen and Mims Davis, alongside Lord Polak, as the group’s officers.
Brain Tumour Research is once again proud to have been confirmed as the group’s secretariat provider.
Following the formal proceedings, the meeting focused on the critical issue of improving tumour tissue collection and storage after neurosurgery – an essential step in advancing research and treatment.
It was also an opportunity for the campaigning group Brain Cancer Justice to introduce themselves.
It was gratifying that the level of interest in brain tumours meant that our AGM easily reached the number of attending Parliamentarians to make sure the procedural business was passed. Following on, a packed room then listened intently as a range of speakers spoke with passion, knowledge and ambition. We now look forward to the next meeting of the group on 21ˢᵗ October.
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