More demonstration of the Streisand effect courtesy of the PACE authors.
John Slater who is a IT programme manage and FOI campaigner had submitted based on media reports:
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John Slater who is a IT programme manage and FOI campaigner had submitted based on media reports:
Dear Department for Work and Pensions,
The DWP part funded research by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), into ME/CFS (myalgic encaphalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome) study known as the “PACE trial”.
Results of the study were published by the Lancet (Volume 377, No. 9768, p823–836, 5 March 2011) and titled “Comparison of adaptive pacing therapy, cognitive behaviour therapy, graded exercise therapy, and specialist medical care for chronic fatigue syndrome (PACE): a randomised trial.”
Recent media articles have stated that QMUL QMUL spent £200,000 on legal costs fighting a Freedom of Information case trying to prevent the disclosure of study data.
RFI1: As the DWP part funded the study did it also provide any funding for the QMUL FOIA case that was attempting to prevent disclosure of the study data?
Yours faithfully,
John Slater
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