Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 111906

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Health Services

Tabled: 9 February 2026
Answered: 16 March 2026

Question

Max Wilkinson

Liberal DemocratCheltenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has made to address the health needs of those classified with severe ME/CFS while exploring the specialised very severe ME/CFS service.

Answer

Mrs Sharon Hodgson
The decision will be announced in due course. At this stage, officials from the Department and NHS England have been working carefully through the steps needed to make a decision on the prescription of a specialised service for very severe myalgic encepha...

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