{"id":31518,"date":"2021-06-16T08:36:14","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T07:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=31518"},"modified":"2021-06-16T08:50:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T07:50:13","slug":"5m-for-post-viral-long-covid-0-for-post-viral-me-cfs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/5m-for-post-viral-long-covid-0-for-post-viral-me-cfs\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a35m for post-viral long COVID. \u00a30 for post-viral ME\/CFS!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welsh Government: Services supporting people to recover from COVID-19 (none for ME\/CFS)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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\"\"On 15th June 2021 the Health Minister, Eluned Morgan MS, announced in the Sened<\/a>d that \u00a35 million would be given to the NHS<\/p>\n

“to develop primary and community services to support these and other individuals who have additional needs as a result of the impacts of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

The funding will support a new patient pathway programme called Adferiad, or Recovery<\/strong>, and it will expand the provision in terms of diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and care for those suffering from the long-term effects of COVID-19, including long COVID in Wales.”<\/p>\n

WAMES is pleased that at last the severity of post-viral illness is finally being recognised and has begun to be funded. Post-viral illness is not<\/strong><\/em> new however. Many people with ME recognise a viral trigger to their illness and WAMES has been working with the Welsh Government since the inception of Welsh-run services to raise awareness in the NHS of the estimated 13,000 families affected by ME in Wales.<\/p>\n

Post-viral illness is not new<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

In 2014 the Welsh Government gave recommendations to Health Boards in the form of a Task & Finish Group Report <\/a>on how to improve services for ME\/CFS but at no time was any money given to support this and no sanctions were issued when Health Boards failed to respond.<\/p>\n

WAMES has written to the new Health Minister<\/a> to ask her what she is going to do for other post-viral illnesses, especially ME.<\/p>\n

Write to your MS<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

MSs will challenge Ministers on matters affecting their constituents, so let your MS know how you feel about:<\/p>\n