Countess of Mar on treatment of CFS/ME patients

[Revel]

http://www.meassociation.org.uk/201...ring-professions-lords-debate-7-january-2014/

 

[Min]

She is wonderful,but was almost completely ignored as usual.

They won't answer because they have no explanation for the continual abuse we have received since the Wessely school of psychiatry hijacked our physical illness in the 1980s.

 

[Countrygirl]

Here is Lord Howe's reply!!

I was very struck by the phrase used by the noble Countess, Lady Mar, about the notice that she saw: “One complaint at a time”. In this context, the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, mentioned the Shape of Training report. One of the key themes of Professor Sir David Greenaway’s report was the balance between specialists and generalists in the medical workforce. I can say at this point that the four UK Health Ministers will consider the draft policy proposals early this year.

The noble Countess, Lady Mar, will be interested to know that in 2014 we asked HEE, through its mandate, to work with the professional bodies and regulators to seek to include specific training in curricula where needed. Examples of this training include perinatal mental health training to support the health and well-being of women and their children during pregnancy and following the birth; compulsory work-based training modules in child health in GP training; care of young people with long-term conditions; and dementia education across a number of specialty areas.

Lord Howe,the noble Countess was telling you that some of the most severely ill patients in the country are so abused, neglected and disbelieved by the medical profession that their lives are placed in jeopardy. Indeed some have died as a result. Is this not worthy of your attention? Are you waiting for us all to die out perhaps as our presence is an inconvenience best ignored?

(Did his hearing aid fail or did he fall asleep while Lady Mar was speaking perhaps?)

She is a brave, compassionate woman who displays integrity and is worthy of her title. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could say that about our.........noble lords?