MEAW 2021: Health and Social Care Awareness Campaign
It is ME Awareness Week in May and we’ll be focusing on health and social care against the background of the new NICE clinical guideline for ME/CFS.
GPs
MEA Statement: NHS England Guidance on the Management of Post-Covid Fatigue Syndromes
The serious concerns expressed by the MEA about the Covid recovery guideline resulted in a reply from NHS England and an article in The Times newspaper.
Update: Post-Covid Fatigue, Post/Long-Covid Syndromes, and ME/CFS
Dr Charles Shepherd explains why we have been devoting so much time and effort to covering issues relating to Post-COVID Syndromes.
“A post-viral tsunami is hitting our health services, yet in the UK it doesn’t even seem to be on the national agenda.”
Paul Garner, Professor at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, talks about those who have not recovered from Covid-19.
ME Awareness: “GP’s have not been given any training to recognise a patient with ME,” by Smita Dutta | 13 May 2020
“The GP’s I have seen treat everyone based on symptoms rather than the whole illness itself…”
ME Awareness: The Lost Years by Smita Dutta | 06 May 2020
“While writing this I am again thinking, “Why me?” I do not know when I am going to stop thinking about his question, maybe I never will.”
ME Association Guidance: Coronavirus and ME/CFS by Dr Charles Shepherd | 24 March 2020
Dr Shepherd provides an update and comprehensive guidance for people with ME/CFS.
New MEA Guide: ME/CFS The Ten Key Aspects of Management | 05 February 2020
We have listened to your feedback and can now provide an updated guide to the most important aspects of management.