Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Exercise

(asked on 20th October 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to ensure that NICE publishes the ME/CFS Guidelines in their current form to help prevent harm from Graded Exercise Therapy.


Answered by
Edward Argar Portrait
Edward Argar
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 25th October 2021

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an independent body and is responsible for publishing its final guidance. NICE issued a statement on 20 October stating that it will publish its updated guideline on myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome following a meeting of its guidance executive on 26 October.

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