Tag Archives: Countess of Mar
BBC reply to Countess of Mar re FITNET reporting
The BBC has replied to the Countess of Mar’s complaint about their reporting of the FITNET trial. 21st November 2016 The Countess of Mar House of Lords London SW1A 0PW Via email: marm@parliament.uk Dear Lady Mar Thank you for getting … Continue reading
Countess of Mar complains about BBC portrayal of FITNET trial
The Countess of Mar has written to the Director General of the BBC with a formal complaint about its portrayal of the FITNET trial from 1 Nov 2016 onwards. 3rd November 2016 Dear Lord Hall Formal Complaint to the BBC re: the purveying … Continue reading
NICE takes a dim view of foreign work on ME/CFS
ME Association news blog post, 24 October 2016: NICE takes a dim view of foreign work on ME/CFS – Robin Ellis Freedom of Information request The main supplier of England’s drugs and treatment guidelines, the National Institute for Health and Clinical … Continue reading
All-Party Parliamentary Group on ME now re-registered
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on ME has been officially re-registered following the inaugural election of officers on Wednesday 1 July at the House of Lords. The Countess of Mar was re-elected and new officers were elected for the remaining … Continue reading
Countess of Mar on politics and ME
The Countess of Mar addressed the Royal Society of Medicine’s meeting: ME/CFS: Frontiers in research, clinical practice and public perception, Wednesday 18 March 2015 Ladies and gentlemen, I am grateful to the Royal Society of Medicine who have given me the … Continue reading
Countess of Mar tells House of Lords that people with ME/CFS are treated “abominably” by caring professions
The Countess of Mar, (chair of the Forward ME Group) contributed to a short debate on NHS: Medical Competence and Skill in the House of Lords 7 January 2015. My Lords, I, too, am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Parekh, for introducing this … Continue reading
NICE corrects classification of CFS/ME
From Tymes Trust: Tyme Trust discovered over the parliamentary recess that NICE had listed the CFS/ME Guideline under mental health. We immediately alerted Patron the Countess of Mar, of whose Forward-ME group we are a member. NICE’s listing could already have … Continue reading
NICE admits CFS/ME guideline does not meet the need
On June 25th 2014 the Forward ME Group met with Prof Mark Baker, Director of the Centre for Clinical Practice at the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). From the minutes: Professor Mark Baker, NICE 2.1 The Chairman … Continue reading
Wessely saga continues
In November Prof Simon Wessely was awarded with the John Maddox Standing up for Science honour. The prize was created by the journal Nature and the charitable trust Sense about Science (Prof Wessely is one of its advisers). It was … Continue reading
House of Lords Q&A re PACE trial
26 November 2012 Lord Marland, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, has answered a House of Lords Question tabled by the Countess of Mar concerning the PACE trial. The Countess of Mar (Crossbench): To ask Her … Continue reading