Announcing updated guidance for clinicians in Canterbury and West Coast from Health NZ.

We encourage health professionals who have access to HealthPathways to become familiar with the extended guidance for diagnosis, treatment and management of this debilitating condition.

We invite you to watch Nurse Wendy Dragt’s talk about Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and its Management – recording now available on our youtube channel.

The Bateman Horne Centre based in Utah, USA, is one of the leading ME/CFS clinical education organisations in the world. In May they released an excellent 96 page ‘Clinical Care Guide: Managing ME/CFS, Long COVID...'

Wendy Dragt, a nurse at MECFS Canterbury, recently presented an overview of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders (HSD) for us.

The talk covered definitions, diagnosis, management, plus more.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE, UK) has today, Friday 29 October 2021, published the guideline for ME/CFS: diagnosis and management, after a robust 3 year review process.

Tom Harris, a member of MECFS Canterbury, writes for The Spinoff and asks ‘If you get long Covid, who’s going to help?’