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ME/CFS: Health Services

Commons · Question 28710 · Tabled 10 Sep 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 22 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Dame Caroline Dinenage

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure people with severe ME in need of tube feeding can be safely fed lying flat in NHS hospitals.

Answer

Answered by James Frith, 22 Sep 2026

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published guidance on nutrition support for adults and on the diagnosis and management of myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). The guidance recognises ...

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