Thanks for posting a link to that article. I found this very interesting:
Also, the following is very significant in terms of any
damage done to ME/CFS patients by CBT/GET treatment. In March 2015 there was a change to the UK law which has significant implications in the duty of care that doctors must provide. The article summarizes the new law here:
So if you were given CBT/GET by your doctor without being informed of the risks of CBT/GET (ie, that that this treatment can make your ME/CFS considerably worse), and you actually got worse from CBT/GET, then you can instigate legal action against your doctor.
It is also interesting that under this new law, the doctor is under
a duty to inform the patient of any reasonable alternative treatments.
Given that for example there was a
randomized clinical trial (by Prof Montoya) showing the benefits of the antiviral Valcyte (valganciclovir) for ME/CFS, I should think it could be argued that your doctor is under a duty to inform you of the possible benefits (and risks) of Valcyte treatment.
If any ME/CFS patient wants to consider bringing legal action against a doctor who prescribed CBT/GET, this could probably done without incurring any expenses, as there are a number of
no win, no fee solicitors (lawyers) in the UK who specialize in
medical negligence legal cases.
This legal action and representation should cost no money, because if you lose the case, there is no fee; and if you win the case, the solicitor (lawyer) will simply take as his fee as a percentage of the compensation money awarded to the patient.
Here are some no win, no fee medical negligence solicitors in the UK:
Clinical & Medical Negligence Solicitors | No Win No Fee Claim | Slater and Gordon Lawyers
Medical Negligence Claims | No Win No Fee | Irwin Mitchell Solicitors
Medical Negligence Claims| No Win No Fee Clinical Negligence Compensation
There are dozens more of these solicitors online, if you Google "
medical negligence no win no fee."
This is worth reading, regarding the definition of negligence:
Medical Negligence Claims Explained