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ME/CFS: Health Services

Commons · Question 8114 · Tabled 9 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 16 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Sharon Hodgson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the safety of NHS care for patients with (a) severe and (b) very severe ME.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 16 Oct 2024

The 2021 National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) guidelines on the diagnosis and management of myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), provides recommendations on principles of care for people with se...