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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 19 Nov 2025
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

"Thank you, Mr Mundell, but I have little to say. I am delighted to hear what the Minister had to say, and I will be holding her feet to the fire. I wish to continue this campaign, and I will work with others on it. One of the things I …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 19 Nov 2025
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

"I agree. In fact, we do not just need specialists; we also need training for GPs and other healthcare workers.

I will highlight four areas in which we need to see much more from the Government going forward. Given the gravity of the situation, I would appreciate it if the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 19 Nov 2025
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered Government support for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis.

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Mundell. Myalgic encephalomyelitis is a complex, chronic condition affecting multiple body systems. There is currently no cure or established treatment. The symptoms of ME …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 19 Nov 2025
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

"I could not agree more. For far too long, patients have been dismissed, and that care element is incredibly important, because it affects so many people.

In July, the Department of Health and Social Care published the final delivery plan for ME, a cross-Government strategy aiming to improve attitudes, bolster …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 19 Nov 2025
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

"Forgive me, but I am going to carry on.

The final delivery plan rightly points to the need to build capacity in ME research, given the small UK research community and very few funded research projects. The University of Edinburgh’s DecodeME project has been a notable exception, recently reporting groundbreaking …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 19 Nov 2025
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

"Probably most of us have constituents in exactly the same situation. In just over a year, two prevention of future deaths reports have been issued related to severe ME. I have already referred to one of them, regarding the case of Maeve Boothby O’Neill; the other was on the case …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 19 Nov 2025
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

"I absolutely agree, and I thank the hon. Gentleman. The second area where I would urge the Government to go further is support for people with severe and very severe ME. It is estimated that around one in four people with ME are severely affected. ME is perhaps the only …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 19 Nov 2025
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

"I accept my hon. Friend’s point. Most people I speak to say that ME has nothing to do with psychiatry. We now have evidence from Edinburgh, which I will go on to in a moment, to explain exactly why that is the case.

Our counterparts in Germany have grasped the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 19 Nov 2025
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

"It is not only untenable, but completely absurd. In September 2024, on World Patient Safety Day, over 200 healthcare workers were so concerned about NHS care for ME, and particularly care for severe and very severe ME, that they wrote a letter to the Health Secretary calling for immediate action …..."
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Written Question
Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants
Thursday 24th July 2025

Asked by: Tessa Munt (Liberal Democrat - Wells and Mendip Hills)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2025 to Question 63305 on Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants, on what dates they held the meetings with the Patient Safety Commissioner to discuss the recommendations of the Hughes report.

Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Since the publication of the Hughes Report on 7 February 2024, ministers and Departmental officials have met with the Patient Safety Commissioner on several occasions to discuss the recommendations of the Hughes report.