Tag: Dr Charles Shepherd

The members magazine is packed full of content relating to ME/CFS – news, research, interviews, medical information, Ask the Doctor, letters, tips, Real Lives, Relationships, Covid-19 and the new NICE clinical guideline!

“I want to assure you that we are committed to vaccinating according to need, and you will not be left out or forgotten in this process.”

Our medical adviser sums up what’s happening with respect to Covid-19 vaccine priority in England, Wales and Scotland.

Dr Charles Shepherd says he believes the medical world is now taking post viral fatigue very seriously.

We call on the JCVI to give people with ME/CFS a Group 6 priority listing

There’s a review of possible new drug therapies for ME/CFS in the journal, ‘Pharmcological Research’.

We want answers from the UK authorities to some of the key questions of our times.

45 minutes of lively discussion about the overlaps between ME/CFS and Long Covid

George Monbiot spoke with Dr Charles Shepherd before publishing a very good article about the lessons that should be learnt from ME/CFS for those now suffering from Post or Long-Covid.

Carol Monaghan raised awareness of the similarity in symptoms and management of Long-Covid and ME/CFS in the recent debate in parliament.

We were delighted to receive this invitation to speak to the Cambridge University General Practice Society.

We want to hear your views about having the Covid-19 vaccination and we’d welcome your feedback if you have already had the vaccine.

The ME Association has written to Professor Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer, and the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, to seek clarification on COVID-19 vaccine priority for people with ME/CFS Dear Professor Whitty and the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, The ME Association is starting to hear from people with ME/CFS who are […]

ME Association slams the absence of ME/CFS references in NICE’s new emergency guideline on Long Covid

We have published a new leaflet to help people who want to claim early retirement on the grounds of ill-health because of ME/CFS.

We take issue with an editorial about the long-term effects of Long COVID in this weekend’s edition of The Lancet.

by Dr Charles Shepherd, Medical Adviser, ME Association With the start of vaccination against COVID-19 occurring this week, we are receiving queries about where people with ME/CFS will be on the priority list. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has produced a list of different groups of people in the order that they […]

Influential campaign group calls for graded exercise warning to be put on existing NICE guideline for ME/CFS.

Manx Radio supported the campaign for a local ME/CFS service with this easy-to-listen-to podcast.

In the news herself! Our magazine columnist Ev Francis writes for the Daily Telegraph and is filmed for a short BBC documentary.