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" Why primary care needs to migrate to SNOMED CT Two versions of clinical codes (Read v2 and CTV3) currently exist in General Practice. Not all GP systems use the same coding system. Parts of the Read code vocabulary are full and new codes have been allocated to unrelated areas. This makes...

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Please take a moment to email Laura Pidcock MP at laura.pidcock.mp@parliament.uk with your experiences of claiming PIP before next Wednesday 31st January. I believe the system is cruel and short sighted, making sick people worse will inevitably lead to higher costs on the social care, health...

Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health Guidance for commissioners of services for people with medically unexplained symptoms pge 6 Functional somatic syndromes by specialty Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ Myalgic Encephalomyelitis https://www.jcpmh.info/wp-content/uploads/jcpmh-mus-guide.pdf

I've put both a report of my impressions of the meeting, and my list of points to raise, into this blog post. http://sallyjustme.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/nice-stakeholder-meeting-for-cg53.html Both items also exist as "Notes" on my Facebook wall..... And now I need to sleep... xx

https://www.nrshealthcare.co.uk/articles/condition/chronic-fatigue-syndrome

This blog/ article has a few red flags..........maybe the writer should have done a bit more research or is it deliberate? Starts off OK ish..... "British people suffering from Myalgic Encephalitis otherwise known as ME or Chronic Fatigue syndrome (CFS) have suffered from over 30 years of...

As it seems a lot of people go on to develop ME following a virus (children in partic seem particularly susceptible after mono,EBV), I thought I'd take a look at the NICE guidelines for EBV. " Management How should I manage a person with suspected or confirmed glandular fever? Give information...

http://www.jpsychores.com/article/S0022-3999(17)30841-3/pdf posted by @Sly Saint in another thread, so it's getting it's own thread here.

The below is from Sheffield ME & Fibromyalgia Group. Would be grateful if people could distribute around any Sheffield related networks and/or share with people who may be interested in applying. I'll attach as a word doc too in case you want to download and send that way. Thanks! Job Vacancies...

https://twitter.com/CommonsSTC/status/936602832593149952 https://twitter.com/ivanoransky/status/936231793786793985 ParliamentLive TV (not sure if that's what IO means) is online here: http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Commons and on actual TV here: Sky (UK only): Channel 504 Virgin Media (UK)...

I had no idea that a 'Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis National Outcomes Database' existed. Does anyone know when it started and when it stopped?

"Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has been brutally taken down by Ralf Small in 42 tweets – after he challenged the actor to a ‘double-dare’. Small accused Hunt of lying on Twitter about claims he masterminded the ‘largest expansion of mental health provision in Europe’ on the BBC’s Andrew Marr...

Source: Action for ME Date: November 14, 2017 URL: https://www.actionforme.org.uk/news/raising-concerns-about-me-in-scottish-parliament/ Raising concerns about M.E. in Scottish Parliament -------------------------------------------------- Action for M.E. has raised concerns about the lack of...

From an email The Chronic Illness Inclusion Project can also be found at http://inclusionproject.org.uk/ and https://www.facebook.com/ChronicInclude/

Deadline of November 10th 2017 to submit your input to the parliamentary inquiry on PIP and ESA http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/work-and-pensions-committee/inquiries/parliament-2017/pip-esa-assessments-17-19/

https://www.careopinion.org.uk/opinions/422141

Moderator note - three threads on questions in the UK House of Lords and House of Commons have been merged at the request of the original posters "The Countess of Mar Deputy Chairman of Committees, Deputy Speaker (Lords) To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Department of Health...