ABOUT #MEACTION SCOTLAND
#MEAction Scotland is a volunteer-led group determined to raise awareness of ME in Scotland and campaign for health equality for the patient community. We are an affiliate of #MEAction UK.
Responsibility for delivery of health services and policy decisions in Scotland are devolved to the Scottish Parliament. By being Scotland-specific, #MEAction Scotland can engage directly with Members of Scottish Parliament (MSPs) and NHS Scotland health boards. Where projects affect the whole of the UK, we work closely with the UK team.
Our Work
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Tell your Doctor that GET is gone
The updated NICE guideline on ME/CFS contains substantial changes that alter the treatment and management of people with ME in England and Wales*. We need your help to tell doctors and other medical staff that the recommended treatments for people with ME have changed. We want to get the message out that there are new
Get Involved in Campaigning
To get involved in any aspect of our work in Scotland, click on the image to contact us and arrange a chat with one of our volunteers.
You can also click here to join our #MEAction Scotland Facebook group.
MEET YOUR MSP
#MEAction Scotland has developed a guide to give you the basic tools to help you feel confident in meeting your MSP. Click the photo above to read it now.
Explore OUR RESOURCES
Take a look through the resources our volunteers have created to help you understand our work, as well as factsheets and guides to enable you to take action.
LATEST News
Join over 1,000 people and vote for your ME/CFS research priorities
Over 1,000 people have now voted for their ME/CFS research priorities. People with ME/CFS, carers and clinicians in the UK are all asked to take part. The ME/CFS Priority Setting Partnership is particularly looking for more people from ethnic minorities, carers and health care professionals to take part. So far: Just 4% of respondents are
Chat to NICE ME/CFS guideline committee members
On Tuesday 30th November at 5pm, we’re holding a community Q&A, and will be joined by two of the NICE committee members, who have spent almost 3 years working on the new ME/CFS guideline.
UK Parliamentary Group to discuss new ME/CFS guideline
The next meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (APPG on ME) will take place from 2 – 3 pm on 24 November 2021. Email your MP asking them to attend, and help to ensure the new ME/CFS guideline is implemented. Find their contact details at: https://members.parliament.uk/FindYourMP This meeting will focus on the
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