Coalitions

The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges is the membership body for the UK and Ireland’s 23 medical royal colleges and faculties. By bringing together a range of members, it provides an important cross-specialty perspective to advise and influence healthcare.  

Action on Smoking and Health is a public health charity set up by the Royal College of Physicians to end the harm caused by tobacco. It advocates for tobacco control, providing expert comment, evidence and policy insight.  

The Alcohol Health Alliance UK  is a coalition of over 60 organisations working together to promote evidence-based policies to reduce the harm caused by alcohol. Members of the AHA include medical royal colleges, charities, unions, treatment providers and other not-for-profit organisations. 

The Centre for Perioperative Care is a partnership between health charities, patient groups, and several leading medical royal colleges, dedicated to the promotion, advancement and development of perioperative care. Perioperative care is the integrated, multidisciplinary care of patients from the moment surgery is contemplated, all the way through to full recovery.  

The Inequalities in Health Alliance is a coalition of health organisations who have come together to campaign for a cross-government strategy to reduce health inequalities.   

The Obesity Health Alliance  is a coalition of 65 health organisations working together to advocate for policies to improve population health and address obesity. Its goal is to prevent obesity-related ill-health, by supporting evidence-based policies to help address the wider environmental factors that lead to excess body weight. 

The UK Health Alliance on Climate Change is an alliance of UK-based health organisations representing about 1 million health professionals, advocating for just responses to the climate and ecological crisis. It calls for action, advocacy and delivery of climate change mitigation and action to protect health.