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Written question asked by David Drew (Labour) on Tuesday, 19 December 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 21 December 2017. It was answered by Jackie Doyle-Price (Conservative) on Friday, 22 December 2017 on behalf of the Department of Health.


ME/CFS: Research

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research his Department has commissioned on the diagnosis and treatment of ME.

Answer

The Department, through the National Institute for Health Research, has recently commissioned one project on the treatment of symptoms of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME). Professor Esther Crawley, of the University of Bristol, was awarded funding for research entitled, ‘Investigating the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of using FITNET to treat paediatric CFS/ME in the UK’. This project began in May 2016. Full details of the research can be found at:

https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/hta/14192109/#/summary-of-research


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
120493
Session
2017-19
Subjects
ME/CFS Research
Link
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