Well done everyone!
12 OCT 2017 — Dear supporter,
The ME Association petition, calling on NICE to remove all reference to ME/CFS being a functional disorder, driven by emotions, only mimicking physical disease, was supported by a very impressive 13,593 people.
The petition supports the earlier submission made by Forward ME - the collaboration of ME/CFS charities including the ME Association and chaired by the Countess of Mar - made as part of the NICE guideline process.
The new guideline - 'suspected neurological conditions' - said these things about our disease without any supporting evidence and was clearly wrong. It is our hope that with your help we will see the new guideline amended before it is published.
We will present the completed petition to Sir Andrew Dillon, CEO of NICE, in the coming days and when we hear back from him we will let you know via our website and social media.
Thank you for your support
With kind regards
The ME Association