If a cure for ME/CFS was found tomorrow, would our GPs reach out to tell us?

[Utsikt]

I suspect you will have to be living under a rock to not get to know there is a treatment before it gets approved for general use.

I suspect the more difficult issue will be to get people diagnosed correctly if the treatment doesn’t also include the discovery of a biomarker.

 

[Andy]

"If a cure for ME/CFS was found tomorrow, would our GPs reach out to tell us?"

No, because there would have to be the whole process to go through where NICE approves it or not for use by the NHS.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Most people in the NHS don’t wilfully want people to be ill or to suffer. The problems have arisen because they don’t have clear tools or treatments.

Disagree, I think it's because doctors simply don't believe their patients.

The digital records show less than 10% of patients have a diagnosis

Not sure where you got this from.

 

[Sasha]

"If a cure for ME/CFS was found tomorrow, would our GPs reach out to tell us?"

No, because there would have to be the whole process to go through where NICE approves it or not for use by the NHS.

Fair enough, but once NICE approves it? Would GPs reach out?

 

[Andy]

Fair enough, but once NICE approves it? Would GPs reach out?

No idea, I just answered the question from the thread title.

 

[Sasha]

No idea, I just answered the question from the thread title.

Also fair enough...