Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the research by the Office for National Statistics entitled Prevalence of ongoing symptoms following coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the UK, published on 1 September 2022, whether her Department has had discussions with the Office for National Statistics on the reasons for which myalgic encephalomyelitis was not included as a potential long-term complication of Covid-19.

There have been no specific discussions and we have no plans to make such an assessment. The long term effects of COVID-19 and myalgic encephalomyelitis re separate conditions as defined by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.