Minutes of the second meeting of the APPG for Genetic Haemochromatosis

The minutes of the meeting held on 15 May 2019 have been published and can be downloaded here.

APPGGH-Minutes-of-Meeting-002.pdf

The next meeting is planned for 30 October at Portcullis house and more details will be published here nearer the time.

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