Written question asked by Bob Blizzard (Labour) on Wednesday, 21 June 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 3 July 2000. It was answered by Yvette Cooper (Labour) on Monday, 3 July 2000 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the work carried out to date by the CFS/ME Working Group.

Answer: Mr. Blizzard: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the work carried out to date by the CFS/ME Working Group. [127701] Yvette Cooper: The Chief Medical Officer's Working Group on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) has just completed a year-long scoping exercise, which included a children's sounding board event held in October last year and an adult sounding board event held on 7 June 2000. These events were designed to gather patients' views of service. The Group will now begin to move into the second phase of work which will include a consensus building exercise, to assist with the development of clinical guidance as well as the drafting of the final report.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 127701; 353 c42W
Session: 1999-00
Subjects: ME/CFS Diseases Medical treatments Public participation Research Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Working Group
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk