UK Action for ME Big Survey 2025 - closes 27/1/26 (UK residents only)

After a bit more digging I think this is the reason
Safari deletes all script-writable storage on websites if the site has not been interacted with (click, tap, keyboard input) in first-party context in the last 7 days of browser use
 
From speaking with @kacheston I’m confident that this cookie expiration issue is the problem I hit here and I thank her for her help. Understanding this is complex and not well documented but this site has good information

This is most likely to hit Safari or Brave users completing the questionnaire, but is something to be aware of on Firefox too. In short, don’t leave it longer than a few days without visiting the survey website to be on the safe side. (Or for convenience use a browser that doesn’t expire cookies or allows you to turn expiration off, but that opens you up to privacy risks so zi don’t personally recommend it)

To summarise major browsers current handling of 1st party cookies (subject to change)

Brave - Depending upon how they’re set, either expire after 7 days or up to 6 months
Chrome - A maximum lifetime of 400 days
Edge - No restrictions
Firefox - Tracking cookies expire daily, others 45 days after interaction with the website
Safari - Expire after 7 days without interaction with the website or within 24 hours for known trackers

Some browsers allow you to change these settings. Others don’t. Why do they expire? It’s all about tracking prevention/protection because so many companies love sucking up our data and we love in a world of regular data breaches. It’s possibly no surprise really that Chrome and Edge do little to stop this. In this environment is doesn’t look like relying on cookies alone to save survey data is a particularly robust method. Giving people a way to login or access their survey data with a unique key or URL would probably be better.
 
REMINDER
Survey closes next Tuesday, 27 Jan -(11.59pm)
All questions are optional.
Many are multiple choice/Tick box, such as:
The Impact of ME
All questions on this survey are optional. You can skip questions and whole sections.Please prioritise your health and stop when you need to.
Q 14. How does your ME affect your day-to-day life? Please select all that apply.
I have stopped or reduced paid work
I have stopped or reduced education
I have stopped or reduced caring roles
I have stopped or reduced household tasks
I have stopped or reduced social contact
I have stopped or reduced sports and hobbies
I have stopped or reduced voluntary roles
I’m unable or less able to provide emotional/practical support to others
It has affected my decision to have children
It has affected my career choices/development
It has aNected my emotional wellbeing
I have reduced/lost capacity to drive
I need full-time care
I need part-time care
I have reduced/lost capacity to leave my home independently
I have to spend all day in bed
I often/always can’t speak
I often/always can’t tolerate light or sound
I often/always struggle to eat enough to maintain my weight
All of the above
None of the above

Most of the questions are much simpler and have fewer options.
I used this one because it clearly shows how relevant the questions are across a range of severities
 
Thanks @Peter T. As Trish said
I did the survey. I think it's well designed and the questions are clear. I hope it will provide useful information, and, more importantly, action at government level and NHS level, not just charity level.
As Trish says, this is a great opportunity for pwME in the UK to provide accurate and relevant information.

The sections are:
You and ME: 1-5, demographics, 6-13 your ME,such as when, why, how bad...
Impacts of ME: 14-18 see above post, views of others, reduction or loss of: independence, trust in NHS/DWP
Access to Healthcare: 19-22, home visits, barriers, does having ME affect the care you receive from the NHS
Experience of NHS healthcare: 23-31 Is ME understood, are you supported, experience of disbelief...
Social care: 32-38
The cost of ME: 39-46, work, benefits, finances, household spending...

Other than box ticking a few questions have an "other" option, which can generall y answered with a short sentence if you want to expand.

There is also an open question at the end of each section "Is there anything elase you would like to tell us about...
There is a generous word count, even my essays didn't reach them! To be clear my daughter and I went through a printed out version. I input her responses and then, where I wanted to add something I titled this Parent's view.

The final Further Information section: 47-51 covers your views on AfME -what they do well and wher they can improve, would you like to be contacted to be told about research, PPI, APPG, receive their newsletter, provide more detail on your answers.
 
Apparently they got 5113 responses


If we have 404k pwME and 1.2m pwME; why is uptake always *so* low for advocacy?

How do we make it easier for people to engage with actions so we can leverage numbers and apply more pressure? Being loud, applying pressure and shaming whichever government is the only way that they are ever going to listen and make change.
 
If we have 404k pwME and 1.2m pwME; why is uptake always *so* low for advocacy?

How do we make it easier for people to engage with actions so we can leverage numbers and apply more pressure? Being loud, applying pressure and shaming whichever government is the only way that they are ever going to listen and make change.
I wonder if MEA promoted it to their members and on their socials, also MERUK. We could also ask BACME...
 
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