Survey launch (and radio interview) to support Oxfordshire campaign for better children’s ME/CFS services | 31 October 2013
OMEGA action group invites wide participation in their survey of paediatric services
October 2013
Countess of Mar group condemn NICE plan to do nothing with ME/CFS Guideline review | 28 October 2013
The Countess: leading fight against NICE plan to put ME/CFS Guideline review on static list
Delay in roll-out of government’s Welfare Reform programme | BBC News | 26 October 2013
Delay in roll-out of government’s Welfare Reform programme | BBC News | 26 October 2013 Read More »
Work and pensions minister Mike Penning: process is “taking longer than expected”.
‘At last: recognition for ME’ | Choice magazine | November 2013
‘At last: recognition for ME’ | Choice magazine | November 2013 Read More »
Contains interviews with MEA medical adviser Dr Charles Shepherd and ME sufferer Julia Glenn
TGI Friday! Our weekly round-up of recently published research abstracts | 25 October 2013
Dr Esther Crawley in Arch of Dis in Childhood & Taiwanese study on chronic bladder inflammation
MEA opposes plan to put review of NICE ME/CFS Guideline on hold | 23 October 2013
MEA opposes plan to put review of NICE ME/CFS Guideline on hold | 23 October 2013 Read More »
We say NICE is wrong to put review on its static list.
Over 150,000 complain against Atos ‘fit for work’ tests | Welfare News Service | 18 October 2013
Atos is the company that carries out the ‘fit for work’ tests required when people claim ESA
New service for ME is ‘godsend’ | Dunstable Today | 21 October 2013
New service for ME is ‘godsend’ | Dunstable Today | 21 October 2013 Read More »
Local newspaper report about the recently set-up Bedfordshire ME/CFS service.
Summary of the Newry & Mourne ME/Fibromyalgia Support Group NHS Conference | 20 March 2012
With thanks to Horace Reid for circulating this trailer for the main DVD yesterday.
TGI Friday! Our weekly round-up of recently published research abstracts and other items | 18 October 2013
Just one item today – an online editorial published by journal of the International Assn for CFS/ME
Dr Nigel Speight to speak at Edinburgh MESH Open Meeting | Saturday, October 19
Dr Nigel Speight to speak at Edinburgh MESH Open Meeting | Saturday, October 19 Read More »
Edinburgh MESH to host open meeting for popular ME/CFS paediatrician Dr Nigel Speight
David Cameron: Fit-for-work benefits tests must improve | BBC News | 16 October 2013
David Cameron: Fit-for-work benefits tests must improve | BBC News | 16 October 2013 Read More »
Dennis Skinner MP: “Abolish this cruel, heartless monster called Atos – get rid of it”
‘Telling GPs the Truth about ME’ | help us to get second phase off the ground | 15 October 2013
This part of the campaign closes at midday on Friday, October 25 – please give us your support
Confidential patient details lost in major security breach at Sutton Hospital | Sutton Guardian | 10 October 2013
Filing cabinet went missing after the building was vacated by another organisation, claims newspaper
UK ME/CFS Research Collaborative executive board | summary of meeting held on 7 October 2013
Present – nine board members, including the MEA’s Dr Charles Shepherd, and two observers.
Sue Pemberton to speak at Sheffield ME Group annual conference | 16 October 2013
Sue Pemberton to speak at Sheffield ME Group annual conference | 16 October 2013 Read More »
Sue is one of the country’s Occupational Therapy gurus on the subject of ME/CFS.
TGI Friday! Our weekly round-up of recently published research abstracts | 11 October 2013
One psychiatric lit review, a study on post-exertional malaise and a lateral leap into POTS.
Work4ME announce workshop dates for their online office Base + Self Management Champion of the Year | 10 October 2013
Or how a specially licensed online office can help people with long-term health conditions find work
TGI Friday! Our weekly round-up of recently published research abstracts and other items | 4 October 2013
Four research abstracts and two reviews found this week.
Dr Shepherd to speak at Peterborough group’s 25th Anniversary meeting | Saturday, October 5
Sir Harry Smith Community College, Whittlesey, near Peterborough (pictured) – the event venue