Question follow-through · 10995
ME/CFS: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the delivery plan for ME/CFS will include measures to improve the safety of NHS care for patients with ME.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 24 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 29 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 30 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
24 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the delivery plan for ME/CFS will include measures to improve the safety of NHS care for patients with ME.
29 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Oct 2024
Answer published
No assessment has been made on the impact of myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), and long COVID on economic growth. However, the Government recognises that long-term sickness continues to be the most common reason f...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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