Written questions

ME/CFS: Health Services

Lords · Question HL54 · Tabled 13 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 8 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Baroness Scott of Needham Market

To ask His Majesty's Government what interim measures they plan to put in place to support people with severe and very severe myalgic encephalomyelitis following the delay to the establishment of specialist services.

Answer

Answered by Baroness Merron, 8 Jun 2026

Officials in the Department and NHS England, together with stakeholders, are currently considering interim measures to support patients with very severe myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). This is ahead of my Rt Hon. Friend, the S...