Dr Charles Shepherd, Trustee and Honorary Medical Adviser, and Russell Fleming, Head of Project Development join Mark Morgan from ME Support in Glamorgan to talk about a number of aspects relating to ME/CFS in February 2025.
Summary
- In this talk Dr Charles Shepherd covers a range of current topics in the ME/CFS community, including: the APPG for ME, benefits reform, the DHSC Delivery Plan on ME/CFS, Long Covid and NHS Services.
- Dr Charles Shepherd then hands over to Russell Fleming, who discusses the work the Health and Social Care team at the MEA are doing to support the implementation of the NICE Guideline within primary care.
- Finally they open up to a Q&A with meeting participants, who discuss a range of topics from B12 injections, to inpatient services, the relationship between Long Covid, GPs and researchers, and the Cochrane review.
UPDATE: Since recording this Zoom MP Andrew Gwynne has been replaced by Ashley Dalton as Government post of Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care). Plus, in answer to a parliamentary question about the delivery plan on ME/CFS, Ashley Dalton answered with the following:
We aim to publish the myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), final delivery plan in the coming months.
Read the answer in full here.
Further information
- GOV UK: Ministerial appointments: February 2025 – Ashley Dalton | 10 Feb 2025
- The ME Association: Parliamentary Q&A on the ME/CFS delivery plan timescale and effectiveness | 3 March 2025