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ME/CFS: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress the MRS has made in delivering mechanistic research into ME/CFS.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
6 Feb 2026
Target answer date
10 Feb 2026
Answer
17 Feb 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress the MRS has made in delivering mechanistic research into ME/CFS.

  2. 10 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 17 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    We do not know what ‘MRS’ refers to in this context. The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). A limited amount of mechanistic research is funded through the NIHR, but the majority of mechanistic res...

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