STATEMENT BY NATIONAL ME ORGANISATIONS ON DWP CFS/ME GUIDANCE DOCUMENT (VERSION 9) We are pleased that the DWP has acknowledged that there has been a 'black hole' with ME/CFS, resulting …
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As already notified to members in our ME Essential quarterly magazine, we shall be holding our Annual General Meeting on 17 February 2007.
MAY BE REPOSTED The ME Association has just received this communication from NICE
MAY BE REPOSTED Following a request from the Gibson Inquiry secretariat, The ME Association has forwarded a copy of the transcript and Powerpoint slides used by Dr Nigel Speight, Paediatric …
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SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION Dear Sir, "Gently does it" says Edi Smockum on advising us about exercise when ill. Tiredness, muscle aches, chills and swollen lymph glands require rest. What excellent …
Letter to The Financial Times from The ME Association Read More »
Gently does it By Edi Smockum There is no more challenging time to keep to a fitness regime than during an illness. Those with less than total commitment to training …
From The Times, 22 January 2007 ‘Fatigue Syndrome is not all in the mind’ – by Peta Bee
It is with great regret that we heard last night of the death of Mrs Angela Flack, a trustee of the Board of The ME Association.
The next meeting of the Group for Scientific Research into ME has been set for 6 February 2007 Further to the publication of the Group's Report at the end of …
There was a written answer in Parliament regarding the NICE guidelines
To help with your fundraising efforts you can now create a fundraising page on the web using The ME Association’s special area at the JustGiving website. Of course, you don’t …
The Chairman of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Nice) has said that the outfit cannot cater to all parties needs and must sometimes make tough decisions.
Saturday, 3 March, Kidlington Community Education Centre, Oxford, 2.30pm Lecture by Mary Black, occupational therapist with the PACE Trial "Occupational Therapy and CFS/ME". Lecture organised by Oxfordshire ME Group for …
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INTENDED FOR PUBLICATION Re: Healthnotes / 14 January 2007 /p63 Representatives from ME/CFS charities have tried unsuccessfully to ensure that new medical guidance to be issued by the Department of …
Hampshire Friends with ME have set up a new area branch in Eastleigh, a few miles to the north of Southampton. Local people wishing to make contact can phone Jackie …
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Welcome to The ME Association, also registered as The ME Society. We provide information, support and practical advice for people who are affected by ME/CFS/PVFS (Myalgic Encephalopathy/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Post Viral …
The Weather Lottery plc helps The ME Association to raise funds by providing an exciting lottery four days a week.
This is the medical guidance which will be made available in February to Department for Work and Pensions decision-makers adjudicating on claims from people with ME/CFS for Disability Living Allowance …
In a people's vote, The ME Association's entrant in last year's London Triathlon – Katharine Vile – has won a place in the elite Triathlon Academy where she will receive …
Katharine voted into the London Triathlon Academy Read More »
A new clinical study offers hope of a therapy for the UK’s 250,000 adult and child ME sufferers Drug to be tested on ME patients by Rebecca Anne Smith, Times …
