Category: Scotland

Scottish Sunday Express Publishes Comment Piece about ME

The Scottish Sunday Express published a Comment piece by Emma Shorter who shared her experience of getting a virus nine years ago and never recovering – as a warning and wake-up call for the government to adequately address long haulers who are not recovering from Covid-19.   Read the article.  Emma talks about how the practice

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New graded exercise warning on current ME/CFS guideline

#MEAction UK has just received a momentous email from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), advising us that they have updated the warning on the 2007 CFS/ME guideline, directing health professionals to the new draft recommendations on graded exercise therapy.

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Goodbye to graded exercise therapy but concerns about physical activity programmes – Community Discussion

There were significant concerns about the recommendation of a physical activity programme in the draft ME/CFS guideline, even with the caveats attached. The recommendation that a physical activity programme should be considered if patients would ‘like’ to start one, was felt to imply that there is a choice or a desire involved, rather than increased physical activity being impossible for many.

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Meet the Volunteers: Karima and Pam

It was brilliant to find people who not only understood life with ME but were fighting to make it better. I soon realised there was a lot of work happening all year round, far beyond #MillionsMissing, and I’ve been helping where I can ever since.

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