The Times: NHS to review ME services after death of Maeve Boothby O’Neill

The Times: NHS to review ME services after death of Maeve Boothby O’Neill

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Health minister and Nice commit to work to improve patient outcomes after landmark inquest

By Fiona Hamilton

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Responding to Archer this week Sir Stephen Powis, national medical director of NHS England, said that a “stocktake of existing CFS/ME services in England is being undertaken as an initial step”. He said a specific working group had also been set up to determine if extra support was required.

Nice will also review the evidence on dietary management and strategies such as tube feeding for patients with severe ME, to examine whether its guidelines need amendments.

Meanwhile, medical schools are being encouraged to provide undergraduates with direct patient experience of ME, and an NHS e-learning package about the condition will be promoted to all of them.

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