Tag Archives: New Statesman

What would help people with ME get into politics?

Posted on 08/15/2016 by wames

New Statesman article, by David Skuzbee, 11 August 2016: Don’t forget the most under-represented group in our democracy – disabled people Roughly 16 per cent of working age adults are living with a limiting long-term illness, impairment, or disability, but … Continue reading →

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The DWP thinks that work will make me well

Posted on 01/22/2016 by wames

New Statesman article by Rosie Fletcher (person with ME) 18 January 2016: The DWP thinks that work will make me well – but it doesn’t work like that: Iain Duncan Smith wants sick and disabled people like me to work ourselves better. It’s … Continue reading →

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To future GPs – psychosomatic should not be the default suspicion re ME/CFS

Posted on 11/26/2015 by wames

Time to swot up on chronic fatigue – Future general practitioners need to be made aware that “psychosomatic” should not be the default suspicion, by Michael Brooks in the New Statesman, Nov 12 2015 Around 250,000 people in the UK suffer from … Continue reading →

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