Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 10996

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Research

Tabled: 24 October 2024
Answered: 30 October 2024
Named Day

Question

Tessa Munt

Liberal DemocratWells and Mendip Hills

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of ring-fencing biomedical research funding for ME.

Answer

No assessment has been made on the impact of myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), and long COVID on economic growth. However, the Government recognises that long-term sickness continues to be the most common reason f...

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