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Title: New help for ME sufferers in Norfolk and Suffolk (Eastern Daily
Press, 13 November 2009)
Contains: NHS Norfolk is working with its partners in Suffolk and Great
Yarmouth and Waveney to develop a new service for patients with Myalgic
Encephalomylitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome ... Chris Humphris,
deputy director of commissioning at NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney, told a
joint scrutiny committee meeting in Lowestoft yesterday that instead of
carrying out a proposed public consultation to shape the new service, it
would be quicker to add to the existing service for the time being and get
better facilities in place as soon as possible. He said the existing
community service did not provide enough help for all patients. "Our
proposal is that we retain the existing services, making sure that they are
working across the three NHS trusts, and provide an additional
consultant-led service. "Frankly, we should have already done that by now,
so we want to get on with it quickly. We want to move forward because we are
as frustrated as our patient representatives and colleagues that we are not
making progress," he said. Patient representative Barbara Robinson welcomed
the deadline of three months for the new service to be in place, but said
there was still a great deal of work to be done to improve treatment for
sufferers ...
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