{"id":38663,"date":"2023-03-14T08:00:21","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T08:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=38663"},"modified":"2023-06-13T06:40:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T05:40:16","slug":"welsh-long-covid-services-to-be-opened-up-to-me-cfs-fm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/welsh-long-covid-services-to-be-opened-up-to-me-cfs-fm\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh long COVID services to be opened up to ME\/CFS & FM"},"content":{"rendered":"

Funding boost for services for long-term conditions<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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\"\"Health Minister Eluned Morgan has announced<\/a> increased funding for Adferiad<\/a> (long COVID) services. In 2022 she allocated \u00a35m and this has now been raised to \u00a38.3m for 2023. This will be shared between the 7 health boards in Wales to:<\/p>\n

“widen access to Wales\u2019 long-Covid services… to people with other long term conditions whose rehabilitation and recovery are similar – for example, people with myalgic encephalomyelitis\/ chronic fatigue syndrome (ME\/CFS), fibromyalgia and other post-viral associated conditions.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Adferiad (Recovery) Services have been developed to: “provide diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and care for people experiencing long-term effects of COVID-19. They have been designed to respond to the particular needs of each individual whilst providing care as close to home as possible. People are supported by multi-professional teams including psychologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and nurses. If more specialist care is needed, people can be referred for further help and support.”<\/p>\n

The Health Minister said:\u00a0 “We know many people with other, long term conditions have reported feeling \u2018misunderstood\u2019 and \u2018invisible\u2019. I hope by widening access to Adferiad (Recovery) services we can better support people with conditions such as ME\/CFS and fibromyalgia to get a diagnosis, manage their symptoms and access rehabilitation services, which are vital in helping improve physical and mental health and wellbeing.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"WAMES has already begun talking to some health boards about how services based on the NICE guideline<\/a> and pathway can be effectively incorporated into their existing service model, so that appropriate provision is made for people with PEM<\/a>\/PESE.<\/a> We will keep you updated on opportunities to give feedback for your area. In the meantime, please pass on to jan@wames.org.uk<\/a> any information or experiences that will help us explain what people with ME\/CFS need from health and wellbeing services in Wales.<\/p>\n