Member of Parliament for Stroud, Chair of the APPG for Health and Vice-Chair of the Net Zero APPG
Dr. Simon Opher is the Labour MP for Stroud and a local GP for 30 plus years. He was awarded an MBE in 2016 for introducing and advocating social prescribing (now part of NHS policy nationwide) and was instrumental in the building of the Vale Community Hospital. Chairman of the Stroud Locality NHS, Opher headed the Covid-19 vaccination program locally and still practises as a GP in Uley. He sits on a number of All Party Parliamentary Groups and is Chair of the Health Group and Co-Chair of the Net Zero Group.
