A large part of me agrees with you and thinks this is what's most likely to happen. Cochrane have let this run and run and run and there's no...
I suspect that if you are applying for one of the professional positions there will be an assumption on NICE's part that you probably have a...
Hmm. So Cochrane told the authors that they wanted to temporaily withdraw the review until the issues were addressed. But Larun refused to go...
I took it to mean that she was saying "Patients have no more valuable insights into their condition and how it should be treated than any random...
Just picture Sir Simon whispering into Michael Sharpe's ear whilst he tweets. No need to thank me - you're welcome.
I'm sure they did. And I'm sure that Gerada, Sharpe et al are tweeting about it this morning to try and create a sense of 'outrage' amongst the...
I emailed them last night explaining why it was misleading for them to present Blakemore as a neutral figure without any personal stake in this...
If I was on Twitter I would respond pointing out that Tovey explicitly says in the article that this *isn't* about "lobby groups bullying...
I've heard/read people say this on many occasions, and I'm afraid it's just not true. MPs have no legal obligation to respond to their...
Robert Phair didn't mention TDO or even imply it. I apologise if I gave the impression he had - that wasn't my intent. I came across the role of...
I had the same question after watching Phair's presentation. I don't have a biology background - so it's quite possible that I'm wrong about this...
I think that Dr Phair touched on this (very) briefly at the start of the panel discussion that followed his talk. From memory, he said that the...
The MRC will almost certainly have a position as an institution on the PACE trial, and that's highly likely to be "We funded and oversaw this...
I think the MRC understands the criticisms perfectly well, but has decided that they don't want to acknowledge any responsibility for the failures...
If your MP spoke in the recent Westminster Hall debate on ME, it could well be worth drawing their attention to the letter from Prof Watt and...
This is explained in a bit more detail a couple of pages later (in the third paragraph of page 137). The CBT and GET groups were offered many...
If you look at the "How It Works" section of the Clinical Study Data Request website, it gives a list of grounds on which the MRC will be able to...
While I agree with @Esther12 about the need to be cautious about the claims we make, I think the closing paragraph of the letter should be a lot...
This. This multiplied by a million. There's a limit to how much ground you can cover in one meeting, so don't try to cover everything. You...
Template letters simply lead to template replies, I'm afraid. When MPs start to receive large numbers of near identical letters on an issue,...
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