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 ...