Ministers have been urged to end decades of underfunding in ME by investing in research hubs to work on finding a cure.
Eleanor Hayward, The Times
Summary
- The Times has reported on the new campaign launched by the ME Association, Action for ME, and ME Research UK, calling for a national research platform focused on ME/CFS, Long Covid, and post-infectious diseases.
- You can support this campaign by signing the open letter.
On the 27th April, The Times reported on the new campaign, launched last Tuesday as a collaboration between the ME Association, Action for ME and ME Research UK, calling for a ME/CFS, Long Covid and Post-Infectious Disease research platform.
Extracts
Ministers have been urged to end decades of underfunding in ME by investing in research hubs to work on finding a cure.
Academics and doctors from around the UK say they want to work together to find new treatments, including existing drugs used for other purposes, but need government funding to do so.
They have joined forces with health charities to propose a “national research platform” for ME, which would co-ordinate medical research from five hubs based at universities or hospitals.
Each team would have a different focus, such as research into causes, running clinical trials of new drugs, diagnosis and improving hospital care of patients bedbound with severe ME.
Find out More
To find out more about the new campaign, head to the ME/CFS Priority Setting Website. To support the campaign, please consider signing the open letter.