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ME/CFS: Health Services

Commons · Question 98449 · Tabled 9 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 5 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Max Wilkinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered guarantees on specialist care provision for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and very severe ME.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 5 Jan 2026

The commissioning of myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), services is the responsibility of local integrated care boards, based on the needs of their local population.The final delivery plan on ME/CFS, which we publi...