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Thanks for looking this up. Important to remember that Bermingham et al. calculate the “somatisation-specific costs among working age population in England 2008-2009” as £2.892 billion. So when they say, “This represents approximately 10% of total NHS expenditure on these services for the...

I’ve now written to Mr Lamb via the STC to ask this question. I made this point in my email – that the problems with PACE are indicative of institutional failures, and that it is therefore unsatisfactory to rely on those institutions to determine whether the investigators have acted properly...

HRA letter to Lamb said: “We have reviewed the concerns about conflicts of interest that were raised with me at the Committee and have found that the declarations were consistent with the contemporary standards.” This reminded me of Fiona Watt’s letter to Jeremy Quin MP (to which Jonathan...

@dave30th Do you have any plans to write about your concerns with the HRA assessment and/or write to Norman Lamb to make him aware of those concerns?

Interestingly, SW said that he respected Steve Lubet, although, strangely, he didn’t appear to remember having read the article which he had commented on at length. I wonder if this tells us anything about how SW’s selective memory works: It is unclear whether Simon was disagreeing with...

Last night I watched US House of Cards series 1, chapter 6. Ambitious congressman Francis “Frank” Underwood is under pressure from the US President to drop his education reform bill because the teachers strike has been going on too long. But Frank doesn’t want to lose face and is determined to...

This could be interesting: From: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-science-reproducible-will-this-time-be-different-tickets-56168260780: Note that the event is at Kings College London. Another date for your diary @Jonathan Edwards?

Do you think Simon has invited her for a beer yet?

Thank you for taking the time to listen and respond, Clare. As well as answering @Sasha’s important questions, please can you tell us: 1) Why do you believe that AfME keeps making these mistakes? Who is responsible? 2) What measures is AfME taking to ensure that these types of mistakes are...

It was raised here in the thread about David’s blog on Steve Brine’s troubling claim in the parliamentary debate: https://www.s4me.info/threads/david-tuller-trial-by-error-steve-brines-troubling-claim-in-parliamentary-debate-on-me.7885/#post-139331

Do we know what information participants were given before they gave their consent? Were they given details about all the treatments, and the theoretical models they were based on, before giving their consent? If so, presumably it would have been clear that the theories behind CBT and APT were...

I think this is really important. Is anyone working on it? @dave30th? If not, I think we need to try to do this. The other thing I’m wondering is whether we have a right to see the evidence upon which the HRA based its assessment. (Note that it is not described as an inquiry or an...

HRA only concluded (wrongly IMO) that there are no major concerns within its regulatory remit:

Just sharing a comment that @dave30th posted on another thread which is relevant to this thread: (https://www.s4me.info/threads/trial-by-error-some-thoughts-about-an-upcoming-article.7944/page-7#post-140818) Further to my previous post, I would add that I am also very grateful to @Valerie...

I was really meaning a more general complaint (perhaps to the RCPsych or the GMC) about the issues @Yvonne raised – ie, the unethical behaviour of publicising alleged threats and harassment.

Isn’t this a good example of what you once referred to as a “circle jerk”? It occurs to me that had The Thing Were Are Not Discussing ever been made public, it would almost certainly have been less effective as propaganda. If keeping it private was a calculated decision, rather than a legal...

Does anyone know if anyone has ever made a formal complaint about this? If not, is it worth considering, or would it be counterproductive at this stage?

Can someone please explain to me how this is classified as an RCT? A + B v A isn’t my understanding of a controlled trial.

Worth remembering that Prof Chalder and many other authors of BPS studies are not medical doctors.

When I first read this blog my heart sank. But on reflection I think it could turn out to be a real positive. What has been lacking for so long is public dialogue about the problems with the science - media coverage of the issues and public debate between academics with opposing views. If this...