News article from the Shropshire Star A nice story but my bolded bits stand out to me as refreshing change in how ME is reported! "The...
In light of recent events I thought this was important. " In England and Wales, you can be detained in hospital against your will if you are...
"M.E awareness: Liberal Democrats look to kick-start campaign on the hidden disease In a motion to Council on the 22nd March, Liberal Democrat...
Finally received email confirmation of this: Dear Colleague, NICE guideline: Myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy)/chronic fatigue...
Link : http://theconversation.com/rapid-rise-in-mortality-in-england-and-wales-in-early-2018-an-investigation-is-needed-93311 In the first seven...
" Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey has agreed to publish a series of reviews of Universal Credit after acknowledging there was “no point”...
After a recent bad relapse, I've come to the decision that I would like to try and apply for a wheelchair. I could of used one for a long time...
UK CFS/M.E. Research Collaborative Since its inception in 2013, the UK CFS/M.E. Research Collaborative (CMRC) has successfully brought together...
Anyone know anything about this charity (apart from Countess of Mar is one of their patrons). They are on the NICE stakeholders list. I only found...
raised on another thread by @MEMarge. The CQC only deals with services in England but from briefly looking at their website the only ME/CFS...
“Astonishing” figures released by the government show that the number of older disabled people receiving benefits to help with their daily living...
Here is my analysis of the response from Caroline Dinenage MP, Minster of State for Care, during the Westminster Hall Debate on PACE and its...
Just found this on another forum : -------------------------------------- https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/205106 Just found this...
This was originally posted by @Cinders66 here On 23rd February 1988, Scottish MP Jimmy Hood tried to introduce a Bill in to the UK parliament "to...
I got asked to put these online. Not had a chance to read them yet myself, but apparently there may be some final minutes missing, as apparently...
NICE has promised to review its current guidelines on ME/CFS, which is not scheduled to be completed until 2020. Meanwhile it has left the...
I thought that in response to the Ministers statement at the debate on PACE yesterday that a break down of funding for research between...
We have a lot of threads about actions to take to support/promote this important event but no thread actually about the event itself....
The Chronic Fatigue Service run by East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT) will be closing on March 31st 2018 and is now closed to all new...
We already have an extensive discussion thread on the subject here,...
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