Question follow-through · 116469
ME/CFS: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what clinical criteria are under consideration for determining eligibility for any nationally prescribed specialised service for severe or very severe ME.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 27 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 16 Mar 2026 · 17 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
- ME/CFS · 28 Aug 2026
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- ME/CFS: Medical Records · 9 Sept 2026
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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
27 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what clinical criteria are under consideration for determining eligibility for any nationally prescribed specialised service for severe or very severe ME.
4 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Mar 2026
Answer published
The myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), final delivery plan, published on 22 July 2025, includes an action for the Department and NHS England to explore whether a specialised service should be prescribed by my Rt Ho...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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ME/CFS
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients in England have been recorded using the SNOMED CT codes as having Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis for the four categories of severity that the SNOMED CT codes r
ME/CFS
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, further to the publication of the Government's Final Delivery Plan on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome on 22 July 2025, when will the one-year update be published.
ME/CFS: Medical Records
9 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, further to her answer to written parliamentary question 19983, which department or body holds the patient data recorded using the four categories of severity for myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic