Written questions

ME/CFS: Health Services

Lords · Question HL135 · Tabled 14 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 9 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Baroness Scott of Needham Market

To ask His Majesty's Government how the template service specification for mild and moderate myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) will address the needs of people with severe and very severe ME; and whether a separate specification will be developed for those g

Answer

Answered by Baroness Merron, 9 Jun 2026

As part of the development of the template service specification for mild and moderate myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), which was committed to in the final delivery plan on ME/CFS, published in July 2025, officia...