National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

MEAW 2021: Health and Social Care Awareness Campaign

January 27, 2021 January 27, 2021

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.

January 18, 2021 January 18, 2021

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

December 21, 2020 December 21, 2020

The ME Association has submitted its formal response to NICE as part of the stakeholder consultation for the new ME/CFS clinical guideline.

November 17, 2020 November 17, 2020

In the first week of December, any donation to the Big Give Appeal will be doubled! Help us to change the medical mindset within the NHS…

November 12, 2020 November 12, 2020

Graded exercise therapy should no longer be offered for the treatment of ME/CFS, says NICE in its draft clinical guidelines.

November 10, 2020 November 16, 2020

The NICE stakeholder consultation process begins today. You can take part and help produce the new clinical guideline on ME/CFS…

November 10, 2020 January 20, 2021

The new NICE guideline has removed graded exercise as a recommended management option…

November 9, 2020 November 11, 2020

Please invite your MP to the next APPG on ME meeting. We’re discussing diagnosis, management and the new NICE clinical guideline on ME/CFS.

October 23, 2020 October 23, 2020

The ME Association has given a cautious welcome to the BACME position statement, but still has a number of concerns and questions.

October 15, 2020 October 15, 2020

In an announcement that was delayed due to the pandemic, Scotland has now issued a cautionary notice on the use of GET in ME/CFS.

October 8, 2020 October 10, 2020

In this statement we explain why we have been working to help people with Post/Long Covid and how these syndromes overlap with ME/CFS.

October 7, 2020 October 7, 2020

The latest meeting including an excellent discussion with Sean O’Niell about ways in which ME might feature more often in the media.

October 6, 2020 October 6, 2020

Dr Charles Shepherd comments on the decision in England and Scotland to produce a new guideline on Post/Long-Covid Management.