Question follow-through · 116357
ME/CFS: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2025 to Question 86003, if his Department will commission a specific comparative review, in collaboration with the Medical Research Council, into the relative l
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 26 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 5 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2025 to Question 86003, if his Department will commission a specific comparative review, in collaboration with the Medical Research Council, into the relative l
2 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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5 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Department does not intend to commission a specific comparative review into the relative level of National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) or Medical Research Council funding for research into myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chr...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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