Tag Archives: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

NICE ME/CFS Guideline to be published April 2021

NICE ME/CFS Guideline to be published April 2021   WAMES has received notification from NICE about the dates the stakeholder meetings will reconvene, and the proposed publication date of the revised ME/CFS clinical guideline.   24/6/20 Dear Stakeholder, As you … Continue reading

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NICE guideline work postponed

NICE – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence letter, 27 March 2020   Dear Stakeholder, We wanted to update you on how NICE is working to support the NHS and wider health and care sector at this challenging time, … Continue reading

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Survey of severe ME – help inform the NICE guidelines

Survey of severe ME Dr Keith Geraghty & Manchester University are conducting a study to better understand the needs and views of patients with severe ME/CFS. This project has been commissioned by the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) … Continue reading

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Survey of the experiences of children & young people with ME for NICE

The experiences of children and young people with ME are needed to help create a new guideline for how health professionals in England and Wales diagnose and support them and their family. If you are aged between 9 and 18 … Continue reading

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CBT & GET patient survey – ends 31 Jan 2019

CBT and GET Patient Survey Forward ME has launched a survey, having been asked by the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to gather evidence and experiences of Graded Exercise Therapy (GET) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). NICE … Continue reading

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Guidelines, not tramlines – NICE guidance is not mandatory

NICE director’s blog post, by Mark Baker, 15 Sep 2017:  Guidelines, not tramlines   Professor Mark Baker, director of the centre of guidelines at NICE Mark sets the record straight A recent headline in the Times said ‘Doctors must send obese … Continue reading

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NICE CFS/ME guideline to be updated!

NICE announcement, 201 September 2017: Surveillance report 2017 – Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy): diagnosis and management (2007) NICE guideline CG53 We will plan a full update with a modified scope of the guideline on chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (or … Continue reading

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NICE proposes no change to CFS/ME guideline! WAMES will object!

As a stakeholder in the NICE CFS/ME guideline working group WAMES has received the following letter from NICE: 10/07/2017 Level 1A, City Tower Piccadilly Plaza Manchester M1 4BT Tel: 0300 323 0140     Fax: 0845 003 7784     www.nice.org.uk Dear Colleague RE: NICE … Continue reading

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NICE investigates if there’s a need to update CFS/ME guideline

As a stakeholder WAMES has been informed about NICE plans regarding the 2007 CFS/ME guideline and will be participating fully: I am writing to advise you that NICE has commenced its formal check of the need to update the clinical … Continue reading

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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

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