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SOS: Save our Science
It’s time to send out our SOS signal if we want to have funded research.
Apr 116 min read
#MEAction UK: Postcards to Doctors for #MillionsMissing 2024
This global #MEAction initiative aims to raise awareness among medical professionals of the challenges faced by ME/CFS and emphasise the need for healthcare education about this condition.
Sep 26, 20242 min read


#MEAction UK's email/letter to Andrew Gwynne MP
To: Andrew Gwynne, Under Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention Subject: Treatment of Very Severe ME Email:...
Sep 16, 20243 min read


#MEAction UK's annual report Oct 2022 - Oct 2023
The annual report covering what #MEAction UK has done in the year 10/2022-10/2023.
Sep 16, 20241 min read


#TeachMETreatME: We Can’t Believe These Numbers
We tallied up some numbers from our #TeachME, TreatME campaign to educate clinicians and medical students about ME, and the results are fantastic!
Sep 4, 20243 min read


Questions to Ask Prospective MPs About ME/CFS
With the upcoming UK election, It’s important that candidates are made aware of the challenges facing people with ME and Long COVID.
Jun 4, 20242 min read


#MEAction UK’s Response to DHSC (My full reality: the interim delivery plan on ME/CFS)
As a charity we were pleased to be able to submit a longer response than is possible using the online survey. Below is the text as submitted to the DHSC. (PDF Version available here)IntroductionThis response is submitted on behalf of #MEAction UK, a not for profit organisation operating in all regions of the UK. We thank the DHSC staff past and present who supported the Delivery Plan and the volunteers on the working groups who put so much effort into this report. We give mor
Oct 3, 202318 min read


#MEAction’s Summer Work Heats Up
Halfway through summer, we have so much to report about our immense, day-to-day work advocating for M.E., for you, and for each other. On the medical front, our ongoing, grant-funded project with Mayo Clinic Rochester continues to transform medical education at Mayo. Together, we have updated the ME/CFS homepage, written a Concise Clinical Review article that will debut in Mayo Clinic Proceedings with an attendant CME, and created a new diagnostic and treatment algorithm on A
Aug 16, 20233 min read


DHSC interim delivery plan on ME/CFS
My full reality: the interim delivery plan on ME/CFS is a great opportunity for the ME community to make our voices heard. Reading the interim plan and completing the survey is a big committment for #pwME so we have put together a document with advice on how to save your answers, a list of FAQs from the DHSC and a preview of the survey questions. • Easy Read version • Saving • Community call slides • Challenging the introduction • FAQs from DHSC • Question previewEasy read ve
Aug 10, 202313 min read


MEAction UK challenges removal of rapid response from JNNP website.
MEAction UK has sent the following letter to the BMJ Editor in Chief, the JNNP Editor in Chief the and the JNNP Editorial Office Team to request more information following the removal of our rapid response to the paper published in the JNNP this month.We are disappointed that the JNNP decided to remove our Rapid Response to, “Anomalies in the review process and interpretation of the evidence in the NICE guideline for chronic fatigue syndrome and myalgic encephalomyelitis”.1
Jul 27, 20232 min read


MEAction UK's response to the Guardian article 11 July 2023
MEAction UK is preparing a detailed response to the latest published paper attacking the NICE Guideline on ME/CFS. In the meantime this is the response sent to The Guardian in reply to their article covering the publication.MEAction UK was shocked to read the article ‘ME/CFS guidance that discourages exercise is flawed, say researchers’ published on 11th July 2023.The article covers an attack on the 2021 NICE guideline for ME/CFS by a group of researchers who have focussed on
Jul 11, 20232 min read


#MillionsMissing 2023: Scotland calls for healthcare education
This year, #MEAction Scotland’s #MillionsMissing campaign focussed on raising awareness of the reality of living with ME and called for education and training for healthcare professionals to improve support for people with ME across Scotland.Ahead of ME Awareness week, we put out a call, alongside #MEAction UK, to ask members of the ME community to join our digital campaign. The campaign asked people to share photos based on two ideas – their view of living with ME or the spa
May 25, 20232 min read


#MEAction Scotland’s plans for #MillionsMissing
This year, #MEAction Scotland will be doing smaller, more focused activities for #MillionsMissing than previous years, and we are asking the community to take part in the digital campaign, rather than joining us in person. We also need people to email their MSPs, which there is information about below.Volunteers are planning two main activities during ME Awareness Week in May.Parliamentary event for MSPs - 9th MayFollowing the successful debate in the Scottish Parliament in F
Apr 20, 20233 min read


Join the UK and Scotland’s digital campaign this #MillionsMissing
May is nearly here and that means so is ME Awareness Week and #MillionsMissing! This year, #MEAction Scotland and #MEAction UK are returning to the central theme of #MillionsMissing - drawing attention to the people missing from their previous lives and wider society because of ME.Most people don’t understand how widespread ME is, or that so many in our community have been ill for decades. We want to flood social media with powerful images that show the reality of life with M
Apr 14, 20233 min read


Telebriefing was a Success!
Experts at the #MEAction briefing linked long COVID to myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and urged NIH to research both conditions together.
Mar 29, 20213 min read


New ME education module available for healthcare professionals
A new education module designed to teach healthcare professionals about ME has been released. Send the new module to your GP, using our email template.
Jun 3, 20202 min read
UK: More than 250 GPs Attended ME Workshop at the RCGP Conference
After the recent RCGP Annual Primary Care Conference & Exhibition held in Glasgow, it seems appropriate to reflect on the impact of the conference on educating GPs about ME/CFS.
Oct 18, 20182 min read
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