ME/CFS: Health Services
Commons · Question 16892 · Tabled 8 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Sir Julian Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a specialist NHS service to support those with very severe ME.
Answer
Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 16 Jul 2026
The Department, together with NHS England, has developed an e-learning programme to help support healthcare professionals in the treatment and care of patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). The programme consists of fou...