Question follow-through · 111467
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.
About this written question
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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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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
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.
10 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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