Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 16892

ME/CFS: Health Services

Tabled: 8 July 2026
Answered: 16 July 2026

Question

Sir Julian Smith

ConservativeSkipton and Ripon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a specialist NHS service to support those with very severe ME.

Answer

Mrs Sharon Hodgson
The Department, together with NHS England, has developed an e-learning programme to help support healthcare professionals in the treatment and care of patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). The programme consists of fou...

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