#MEAction UK response to draft ME/CFS guideline from NICE
December 21, 2020
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#MEAction UK volunteers have worked to produce a robust and comprehensive response to the draft ME/CFS guideline from NICE.
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New graded exercise warning on current ME/CFS guideline
December 11, 2020
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#MEAction UK has just received a momentous email from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), advising us that they have updated the warning on the 2007 CFS/ME guideline, directing health professionals to the new draft recommendations on graded exercise therapy.
Goodbye to graded exercise therapy but concerns about physical activity programmes – Community Discussion
November 30, 2020
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There were significant concerns about the recommendation of a physical activity programme in the draft ME/CFS guideline, even with the caveats attached. The recommendation that a physical activity programme should be considered if patients would ‘like’ to start one, was felt to imply that there is a choice or a desire involved, rather than increased physical activity being impossible for many.
“Loopholes need closing” – ME/CFS draft guideline community discussion
November 18, 2020
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At our first community call on the draft ME/CFS guideline from NICE, training in all areas of the guideline was seen as key if it is to have an impact on the health and social care professionals implementing these recommendations.
U-Turn on ME/CFS Guidelines Could Help Long Covid Patients – Press Release
November 10, 2020
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Harmful graded exercise therapy for people with ME has been dropped in a new draft ME/CFS guideline from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
Long COVID Patients Warned of Damaging Exercise Programme
November 3, 2020
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#MEAction UK is highlighting the links between “Long Covid” and ME in the press. In particular, we want people at risk to know about the danger of exercise if they have post-exertional malaise.
6 ways to have your say in the NICE ME/CFS guideline consultation
October 22, 2020
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You can steer #MEAction UK’s response to the draft ME/CFS guideline consultation. Join a community call, respond to our social media polls, volunteer to read the evidence reviews and more!
Graded exercise therapy not recommended for post-COVID fatigue, say NICE
July 11, 2020
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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have released a document entitled “interim findings”, stating that the recommendation of graded exercise therapy for mild and moderate ME/CFS should not apply to people with fatigue following COVID-19. They note that the existing guideline was published in 2007, many years before the pandemic, and that they are aware of concerns around graded exercise therapy.
NICE continue to promote defunct treatment for post-viral illness
June 17, 2020
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At the end of April, #MEAction UK sent the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) a six-metre-long card containing thousands of your names and messages describing the harm caused by graded exercise therapy (GET). NICE continues to recommend graded exercise therapy in their existing ME/CFS guidelines, whilst these are under review. Despite #MEAction
Thousands add messages to 6m long card
April 30, 2020
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In light of an oncoming wave of people experiencing post-viral complications and potentially post-viral ME, telling our story is more important than ever. “I would expect that people who have Covid-19 symptoms quite severely, of those, I would expect about 10% to have fatigue-like syndromes after 6 months, given current evidence.” – Professor Chris Ponting,