nasim marie jafry
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@Countrygirl, IS there a link to this Countess of Mar letter anywhere? I must tweet it immediately.
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@Countrygirl, IS there a link to this Countess of Mar letter anywhere? I must tweet it immediately.
The evidence is now so strong that ME/CFS is a serious multisystem neuro-immune disease that it becomes intellectually embarrassing for anyone to continue to consider it to be a psychosomatic disorder.
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I look forward to receiving your considered response.
Not perfect, it should have been that it is intellectually embarrassing as exercise physiologist professor Keller wrote in January, not that it becomesPerfect.
Yes, it's nothing short of astonishing that she always seems to say exactly the right thing. It's equally astonishing, though, that no-one in the right places seems to take any notice. Or maybe they are doing, just very slowly.Absolutely, she is a star
Her PR people are certainly doing a good job and the useless British press are swallowing it whole.
Charles Shepherd on MEA FB said:This new book was discussed at the Forward ME Group meeting at the House of Lords yesterday. A link to The MEA response to the review in The Times by David Aaronovitch is below. I don't think The Times has printed any of the letters that have been sent in. I will also be writing to Dr O'Sullivan with particular reference to the NIH report that was published earlier in the week. MEA response to The Times:
Charles can MEA and Forward ME also please look into the the issue of Dr O'Sullivan (and so many other doctors!) being in breech of GMC Good Medical Practice which requires doctors to keep their professional knowledge up to date:
http://www.gmc-uk.org/guidance/good_medical_practice/maintain_performance.asp
GMC Good Medical Practice 8 - You must keep your professional knowledge and skills up to date.
And the failure of any doctor to keep their professional knowledge up to date is surely even worse if a doctor were to spread their professional ignorance of the topic as fact in a book which they are profiting from both financially and professionally.
And legally what is the position of doctors in the UK who fail to maintain their knowledge?
And what is the position of the NHS who employ such doctors?
Charles can MEA and Forward ME also please look into the the issue of Dr O'Sullivan (and so many other doctors!) being in breech of GMC Good Medical Practice which requires doctors to keep their professional knowledge up to date:
http://www.gmc-uk.org/guidance/good_medical_practice/maintain_performance.asp
GMC Good Medical Practice 8 - You must keep your professional knowledge and skills up to date.
And the failure of any doctor to keep their professional knowledge up to date is surely even worse if a doctor were to spread their professional ignorance of the topic as fact in a book which they are profiting from both financially and professionally.
And legally what is the position of doctors in the UK who fail to maintain their knowledge?
And what is the position of the NHS who employ such doctors?