Tag Archives: NICE guidelines
Prof Brian Hughes: 2021 NICE guideline myths
Getting it Right: Addressing myths about the 2021 NICE guideline for ME/CFS Brian Hughes is an academic psychologist and university professor in Galway, Ireland with a blog called the Science bit. On World ME Day 2023 he spoke to … Continue reading
CFS treatment ‘should be withdrawn’
BBC newsbeat report, 8 May 2019: Chronic fatigue syndrome treatment ‘should be withdrawn’ A common treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome should be scrapped immediately, according to one of the UK’s leading experts in the illness. Dr Charles Shepherd says graded … Continue reading
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
Trial By Error: The NICE “Topic Expert” Reports (FOI)
Virology blog post, by David Tuller, 11 September 2017: Trial By Error: The NICE “Topic Expert” Reports Freedom of Information requests to NICE My first recent freedom of information request to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) … Continue reading
WAMES challenges NICE’s reason not to update the CFS/ME guidelines
WAMES sent our response to the NICE consultation on Monday 24th July 2017. NICE asked: Do you agree with the proposal not to update the guideline? WAMES replied: We believe the NICE Guidance CG53 on CFS/ME omits guidelines on key … Continue reading
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
Implications of trauma for CFS treatment
Research abstract: Chronic fatigue syndrome is a case definition for conditions of chronic, disabling physical and mental fatigue which are not fully explained by medical or psychiatric causes (NICE, 2007). There has been much controversy over both the case definition and … Continue reading
