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ME/CFS: Health Services

Commons · Question 3889 · Tabled 2 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 5 Sep 2024

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Asked by Luke Charters

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to support (a) the Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board and (b) people diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 5 Sep 2024

NHS England is responsible for allocating funding to integrated care boards (ICBs), including the Humber and North Yorkshire ICB, which are in turn responsible for commissioning specialist myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome ...