{"id":48120,"date":"2026-04-14T16:01:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=48120"},"modified":"2026-04-14T16:01:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:01:04","slug":"wames-vision-for-me-cfs-healthcare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wames-vision-for-me-cfs-healthcare\/","title":{"rendered":"WAMES Vision for ME\/CFS healthcare"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>WAMES has a vision for ME\/CFS healthcare in Wales<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-48121 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/spotlight-g542151e34_1280.png?resize=300%2C211&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/spotlight-g542151e34_1280.png?resize=300%2C211&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/spotlight-g542151e34_1280.png?resize=1024%2C722&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/spotlight-g542151e34_1280.png?resize=150%2C106&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/spotlight-g542151e34_1280.png?resize=768%2C541&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/spotlight-g542151e34_1280.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/211;\" \/> Since 2000 WAMES has been shining a spotlight on the services needed by people with ME\/CFS and asking for access to appropriate healthcare. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">We&#8217;ve not <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">been asking for anything special, just parity with other medical conditions &#8211; respectful <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">treatment from informed professionals. Here is an excerpt from our <strong>Vision statement:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span class=\"fontstyle0\">An all Wales strategy<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"fontstyle3\">to improve training for diagnosis and\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">management<\/span><\/li>\n<li>to develop a healthcare pathway<\/li>\n<li>s<span class=\"fontstyle3\">haped by NICE for <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle4\">all ages <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">and <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle4\">all severities<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"fontstyle3\">to consistently record diagnoses to give accurate <\/span>statistics<\/li>\n<li>co-produced to ensure it relates to patients&#8217; needs<\/li>\n<li>to safeguard patients when accessing non-ME\u00a0 services<\/li>\n<li>recognising the role of the whole family, not just the person living with the condition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span class=\"fontstyle0\">Services that are<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"fontstyle3\">for all ages and severities<\/span><\/li>\n<li>shaped by the NICE 2021 guideline<\/li>\n<li>developed through true co-production with patients, carers and third sector<\/li>\n<li>truly suitable for people living with PEM\/PESE the key characteristic that makes ME\/CFS different to most other conditions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Read the full Vision<\/strong>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WAMES-Vision-ME-healthcare-2026-2027-English.pdf\">\u00a0English<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WAMES-Vision-ME-healthcare-2026-2027-Cymraeg.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Welsh<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Find out more about services in Wales:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Report-cover-Mar-2026.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A patchwork of progess, regional variation and gaps<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WAMES has a vision for ME\/CFS healthcare in Wales &nbsp; Since 2000 WAMES has been shining a spotlight on the services needed by people with ME\/CFS and asking for access to appropriate healthcare. We&#8217;ve not been asking for anything special, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wames-vision-for-me-cfs-healthcare\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5qkYK-cw8","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48120"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48127,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48120\/revisions\/48127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}