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{{Video|id=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79BaSpvHywI|service=youtube|dimensions=450|alignment =right|description=Appropriate M.E. Treatment Debate. [[UK Parliament]], Jan 24th 2019.|urlarg=start=2&rel=0&autoplay=0}} [[Carol Monaghan]] MP organized a Backbench debate in the [[UK]] parliament to discuss the appropriate [[diagnosis]] and treatment for [[ME/CFS]] patients, and the lack of biomedical research funding.<ref name="hansardjan19">{{Cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2019-01-24/debates/FA1BBC27-37A7-4BFD-A2C0-A58B57F41D4D/AppropriateMETreatment | title = Appropriate ME Treatment {{!}} 24 January 2019 Volume 653 | last =Hansard {{!}} UK Parliament | first= | authorlink = | date = Jan 24, 2019 | website = hansard.parliament.uk|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-01-25}}</ref><ref name="medebatevideoJan2019">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79BaSpvHywI | title = Appropriate ME Treatment UK Parliament debate. Jan 24th 2019. | last=UK Parliament | first= | authorlink = UK Parliament Commons Chamber debate 24th January 2019 | date = Jan 24, 2019 | website = YouTube {{!}} #MEAction UK|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref> It followed on two debates in 2018 and introduced a motion on "Appropriate ME Treatment", which passed unanimously. == Appropriate M.E. Treatment Motion == The motion debated was; {{Quote box|That this House calls on the Government to provide increased funding for biomedical research for the diagnosis and treatment of ME, supports the suspension of Graded Exercise Therapy and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy as means of treatment, supports updated training of GPs and medical professionals to ensure that they are equipped with clear guidance on the diagnosis of ME and appropriate management advice to reflect international consensus on best practice, and is concerned about the current trends of subjecting ME families to unjustified child protection procedures. | title=Appropriate ME Treatment | author=[[Carol Monaghan]]}} The motion was passed unanimously.<ref name="hansardjan19" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.meaction.net/2019/01/25/historic-parliamentary-debate-shaped-by-people-with-me/ | title = Historic Parliamentary Debate Shaped by People with ME | last =#MEAction | first= | authorlink = The MEAction Network | date = 2019-01-25 | website = #MEAction|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-01-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CDP-2019-0014 | title = Research briefing summary {{!}} Appropriate ME Treatment | last =UK Parliament | first= | authorlink = UK Parliament | date = Jan 2019 | website = |archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=Jan 27, 2019}}</ref> == Supporting MPs == * [[Ben Lake]], Ceredigion (Plaid Cymru) * [[Nicky Morgan]], Loughborough (Conservative)<ref name="hansardjan19" /> == Government representative == * [[Steve Brine]], Parliament Undersecretary of State for Health and Social Care (Conservative) == MPs who contributed == * Sir [[David Amess]], Southend West (Conservative) * [[Adrian Bailey]], West Bromwich West (Labour/Co-op) * [[Jim Cunningham]], Coventry South (Labour) * Dr [[David Drew]], Stroud (Labour/Co-op) * [[Kevin Foster]], Torbay (Conservative) * [[Patricia Gibson]], North Ayrshire and Arran (SNP) * [[Robert Goodwill]], Scarborough and Whitby (Conservative) * [[Justine Greening]], Putney (Conservative) * [[Shannon Hodgson]], Washington and Sunderland West (Labour) * [[Kelvin Hopkins]], Luton North (Independent) * [[Darren Jones]], Bristol North West (Labour) * [[Stephen Kerr]], Stirling (Conservative) * [[Karen Lee]], Lincoln (Labour) * [[Emma Lewell-Buck]], South Shields (Labour) * Dr [[Julian Lewis]], New Forest East (Conservative) * [[Liz McInnes]], Heywood and Middleton (Labour) * Dr [[Matthew Offord]], Hendon (Conservative) * [[Stephen Pound]], Ealing North (Labour) * [[Jim Shannon]], Strangford (DUP) * [[Paula Sherriff]], Dewsbury (Labour) * [[Nick Thomas-Symonds]], Torfaen (Labour) * [[Liz Twist]], Blaydon (Labour) * Dr [[Philippa Whitford]], Central Ayrshire (SNP) * [[Mohammad Yasin]], Bedford (Labour) == Other MPs in attendance == Over 40 MPs attended the debate, including the 27 MPs who spoke.<ref name=":1" /> == News and commentary == * [http://www.meresearch.org.uk/news/background-to-house-of-commons-debate-on-24-january-2019/ Background to House of Commons debate on 24 January 2019] - ME Research UK * [http://investinme.org/IIMER-Newslet-190103PDEB.shtml The Debate Is Over - Inaction for ME Is Not An Option] - Invest in ME Research * [https://www.meaction.net/2019/01/25/historic-parliamentary-debate-shaped-by-people-with-me/ Historical parliamentary debate shaped by people with ME - #MEAction] * [https://www.meassociation.org.uk/2019/01/parliamentary-debate-kids-being-taken-into-care-by-medics-who-refuse-to-believe-me-is-real-25-january-2019/ Kids being taken into care by medics who refuse to believe ME is real - ME Association] * [http://www.virology.ws/2019/01/28/trial-by-error-steve-brines-troubling-claim-in-parliamentary-debate-on-me/ Trial by Error: Steve Brine's Troubling Claim in Parliamentary Debate on ME]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.virology.ws/2019/01/28/trial-by-error-steve-brines-troubling-claim-in-parliamentary-debate-on-me/ | title = Trial By Error: Steve Brine’s Troubling Claim in Parliamentary Debate on ME | last = Tuller | first = David | authorlink = David Tuller | date = Jan 28, 2018 | website = [[Virology blog]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-01-28}}</ref> - David Tuller ==Learn more == *[https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2019-01-24/debates/FA1BBC27-37A7-4BFD-A2C0-A58B57F41D4D/AppropriateMETreatment Appropriate M.E. Treatment Debate transcript] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79BaSpvHywI Appropriate M.E. Treatment Debate (video)] *[https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CDP-2019-0014 Research briefing summary] ==See also == * [[UK Parliament House of Lords PACE Trial debate 6th February 2013]] *[[UK Parliament Grand Committee Room debate 21st June 2018]] * [[NICE guidelines]] *[[NHS]] * [[Primer for journalists]] *[[Graded exercise therapy]] *[[Cognitive behavioral therapy]] ==References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:United Kingdom]]
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