Esther Crawley

Doctor Esther Crawley is a reader* in Child Health at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. She is a proponent of the biopsychosocial model for chronic fatigue syndrome. (*Reader is an academic rank in the UK similar to professor in the US.)

She is vice-chair of the UK CFS/ME Research Collaborative (CMRC) and leads the paediatric centre for children and young people with ME/CFS at the Royal United Hospital in Bath. (Previously at the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases In Bath). Her work is largely funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).

Doctor Crawley is the Lead Medical Advisor at the British charity Association of Young People with ME (AYME) having replaced Dr Nigel Speight in 2009.

GMC complaints

 * 2011, GMC complaint - Dr Esther Crawley

S.M.I.L.E. Lightning Process trial
Patients, including the patient group Invest in ME, have expressed concern at the trial.

MAGENTA trial
Doctor Crawley is planning a study to look at Cognitive behavioral therapy and Graded exercise therapy in children.

The protocol has been published. As has a peer review history.

Clinic location
Royal United Hospital, Bath, United Kingdom.

Freedom of information request
Doctor Crawley has been subject to a request for information made under the Freedom of Information Act. In early 2016, a request was made for her to provide information about the number of pediatric patients she has rediagnosed with a psychiatric illness.

Online presence

 * Royal United Bath Hospitals: Fatigue Management, Children
 * PubMed
 * University of Bristol - Esther Crawley
 * Bristol University