Tag Archives: Health Minister
Welsh long COVID services to be opened up to ME/CFS & FM
Funding boost for services for long-term conditions Health Minister Eluned Morgan has announced increased funding for Adferiad (long COVID) services. In 2022 she allocated £5m and this has now been raised to £8.3m for 2023. This will be shared … Continue reading
ME services in Wales can learn from Long COVID Adferiad programme says Health Minister
Welsh Government wants Long COVID community model to also treat and support ME, CFS and MS On 31st March 2022 the Health Minister Eluned Morgan announced further funding for the Adferiad programme for Long COVID recovery: “today I am … Continue reading
Welsh Government responds & asks if NICE is being implemented
Welsh Government replies to WAMES WAMES wrote to the Health Minister on 8 February asking why an announcement had been made about services for recent patients with long COVID, but not about services for people who have been living … Continue reading
Wales prioritises healthcare for post-viral condition Long COVID
Health Minister Eluned Morgan promises more help for people with Long COVID in Wales Health Minister Eluned Morgan announced the findings of an independent review into Long COVID healthcare in Wales on 8th February 2022 and promised continued support. … Continue reading
Health Minister delegates reply re ME/CFS
Welsh Government replies re ME/CFS and long COVID WAMES wrote to the Health Minister, Eluned Morgan MS, on 7th June about ME and long COVID. She is the first Health Minister to fail to reply herself. Instead she delegated … Continue reading
£5m for post-viral long COVID. £0 for post-viral ME/CFS!
Welsh Government: Services supporting people to recover from COVID-19 (none for ME/CFS) On 15th June 2021 the Health Minister, Eluned Morgan MS, announced in the Senedd that £5 million would be given to the NHS “to develop primary and … Continue reading
ME/CFS & FM Health Services Action Plan
On 16 September 2014 the Health Minister, Mark Drakeford, wrote to Local Health Boards drawing their attention to the Action Plan for improving services for people with ME, CFS and Fibromyalgia in Wales. The Action Plan was devised by the ME/CFS … Continue reading
Health Minister talks about ME
On 25th April a number of AMs asked questions about services for ME, highlighting the difficulties patients have in finding healthcare from knowledgeable professionals in Wales. The Health Minister Lesley Griffiths replied: There is a lot of misunderstanding and more … Continue reading
