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ME/CFS: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of progress on the establishment of a specialised NHS service for people with very severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, including t

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
15 Apr 2026
Target answer date
20 Apr 2026
Answer
29 Apr 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 15 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of progress on the establishment of a specialised NHS service for people with very severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, including t

  2. 20 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The action within July 2025’s final delivery plan on myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), to consider whether a specialised service should be prescribed by my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Soc...

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