Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 16893
ME/CFS: Health Services
Tabled: 8 July 2026
Answered: 16 July 2026
Question
Sir Julian Smith
Conservative — Skipton and Ripon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to develop specialist expertise in hospitals for treating very severe ME, further to the Prevention of Future Deaths Report published on 8 October 2024.
Answer
Mrs Sharon HodgsonThe 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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