Seems so: https://www.healthwatchhackney.co.uk/news/mental-health-trust-pulls-out-of-chronic-fatigue-service/
I really hate the term 'living well', it completely trivialises how difficult it is to suffer from a serious chronic illness. There is a big...
Sounds like they've never seen a patient with actual ME/CFS... It contradicts the importance of people being given an early diagnosis and being...
I am autistic as well as having the severe ME. I had had a meltdown in my first face to face, where I was forced by ATOS to attend an...
I agree, it's definitely worth involving the MP. I am doing this for my friend too. I involved my MP in my last PIP prior to the face to face. I...
I am really frustrated by my ME limitations as I would love to help more people. I am currently helping someone with a complex PIP MR case. People...
The DWP Decision Maker (and HCP who produces the medical report) are supposed to consider ALL the evidence available to them, and seek additional...
I think what you get with Fightback is legal knowledge of relevant caselaw, that is pretty difficult for a non-specialist to have easy access to.
I think Fightback are good for people who can send them all the relevant medical reports and medical evidence to work through, but less so for...
Fightback4Justice offer a MR writing service, but I think they charge around £85 for it. They say they can prepare the papers fairly quickly, I...
This is a really worrying Green Paper. If people in the UK are able I would suggest responding to the consultation, but ensure you word your...
In England (NHS), the phrase 'severe mental illness' has a specific medical meaning, usually only given to people whose illness includes an...
Someone should suggest that the GRADE system (and any other such tools) automatically should rate any research that doesn't provide open access to...
On this tab it describes exercise as a 'miracle cure': https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/exercise-health-benefits/ Again, there's no...
Full letter here: https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/B0497-GP-access-letter-May-2021-FINAL.pdf
Seems to be an issue across the NHS, if someone is doing research into how A&E are dealing with patients with severe headaches. It might be worth...
So, are NICE going to review all the papers to check whether patient harm was adequately measured, recorded and followed up too (including long...
Mine are very dark green. These look a slightly different shade of green, actually identical to the colour of green glasses that my eldest...
Interesting. I had prescription green glasses for my dyslexia/Irlen Syndrome since the mid 90's (I first got them as a mature student at...
Given that Gerada, Wessely and other notable names in the BPS community have risen to hold such leadership positions in the NHS and medical...
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