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The relationship between the NHS, the government which funds it, and its staff has recently soured still further with a once unthinkable nursing strike planned across the UK. While it reflects wider dissatisfaction, this was immediately triggered by this year’s pay settlement for Agenda for...

https://archive.ph/oBHQQ Millions of patients will be offered help to come off antidepressants and painkillers under an NHS drive to tackle addiction to prescription pills. New national guidance urges GPs to stop writing repeat prescriptions for those who have become dependent on common...

[This is general information on how NHS England is being re-organised, rather than anything specific to ME.] "NHS England have published “Guidance on developing the joint forward plan (JFP)”. This guidance supports integrated care boards (ICBs) and their NHS trusts and foundation trusts to...

Nuffield Trust Health and Brexit: six years on Martha McCarey, Mark Dayan, Holly Jarman, Professor Tamara Hervey, Nick Fahy, Dan Bristow, Prof Scott L Greer The referendum vote for the UK to leave the European Union in June 2016 marked a watershed in the country’s relations to its...

Moved from the MEA news thread. Thanks to Charles and MEA stepping in promptly before ICB Meeting this week...., we seem to have made an impact on Herts and West Essex ICB, plus their service provider .....another CIC Community Interest Company..."Provide" who also misrepresented ME within a...

The NHS needs to ramp up treatment volumes if waiting lists are to start falling any time soon Institute for Fiscal Studies Max Warner, Ben Zaranko "NHS waiting lists have so far increased broadly in line with our past projections. We examine what this might mean for waiting lists in 2023...

I watch Philosophy tube and the trans lady who makes the channel recently put out a video about how difficult it is to get gender reassignment in the UK. It goes over GP refusals to treat and long waiting times and lack of provision of care. Its very relatable as an ME/CFS patient were we have a...

In dire need of updating links to 2006 Occupational Aspects of the Management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: a National Guideline 2008 Healthcare professionals leaflet 2008 Employers leaflet. https://www.nhshealthatwork.co.uk/chronic-fatigue.asp @adambeyoncelowe

https://www.guidelines.co.uk/infection/nhs-england-long-covid-guideline/457074.article

Performance Tracker 2022 "Ahead of the government's medium-term fiscal plan, the annual Institute for Government/Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) public services stocktake reveals that public services won’t have returned to pre-pandemic performance by the next...

https://www.somersetft.nhs.uk/somerset-talking-therapies/?problem=long-term-health-coniditons https://www.somersetft.nhs.uk/somerset-talking-therapies/?treatment=high-intensity-cognitive-behavioural-therapy-for-long-term-conditions

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My Local Clinic still haven't updated their website.

NHS South Tyneside and Sunderland the website does not appear to have been updated at all: still links to the 2007 guideline and https://www.stsft.nhs.uk/services/chronic-fatigue-syndrome

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Children JCG0051 v3.1 Joint Trust Guideline for: the Management of: CFS/ME in Children and Young People Author/s: Dr Aravind Shastri Author/s title: Service Director Approved by: CGAP Date approved: 03/06/2022 the following is hardly visible on the web page due to...

Humber teaching hospital service is under Adult Mental Health Services Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Service (CFS) The Team provides a multi-disciplinary service for adult patients with a diagnosis of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). No mention of ME anywhere, nor the NICE guidelines...

Royal Free Hospital https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk/services/services-a-z/fatigue-service/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-treatment/ recommended reading still Fatigue Overcoming chronic fatigue: a self-help guide using cognitive behavioural techniques (Mary Burgess and Trudie Chalder) Coping better...

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) / Myalgic Encephalopathy (ME) and Physiotherapy: Information leaflet pdf link here...

Hard to tell if it has been updated or not as it's quite difficult to navigate you have this CLMW Persistent Pain Service Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/clmw-persistant-pain-service Then there is the Central Lancashire Moving Well Service...

link to the chronic fatigue syndrome service doesn't work. The policy for treatment download is from 2018. https://www.birminghamandsolihullccg.nhs.uk/your-health/treatment-policies/chronic-fatigue-syndrome (separate search brings up the Chronic Fatigue syndrome service website...