Question follow-through · 1497

ME/CFS: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what timetable his Department has set for implementing the commitments relating to research, attitudes and education, and support for people living with ME/CFS contained within the Government’s pol

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
14 May 2026
Target answer date
18 May 2026
Answer
27 May 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 14 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what timetable his Department has set for implementing the commitments relating to research, attitudes and education, and support for people living with ME/CFS contained within the Government’s pol

  2. 18 May 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 May 2026

    Answer published

    The final delivery plan on myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), published in July 2025, contains 44 actions for the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England, other Government departments, and other organisations to implem...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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