The Sussex ME Society working with the Medical Education Department at Royal Sussex County Hospital organised 2 presentations on Myalgic encephalopathy (ME) or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) at a GP Refresher Course held in Brighton this week.
Dr Gabrielle Murphy who is the lead clinician for the ME/CFS Service at the Royal Free Hospital in London lectured for one of the 50 minute sessions and Dr Alan Stewart along with team members of the NHS Sussex ME/CFS Service did a presentation for another 50 minutes.
The Refresher day that included the presentations was attended by nearly 80 GPs from across Sussex who enthusiastically received the talks and entered into the lively question and answer session. Committee members of the Sussex ME Society attended and literature was made available.
ME Society chairman, Colin Barton, said: “A recent survey run by our charity showed that many doctors in the county are considered to be reasonably helpful by patients but knowledge of the illness is variable amongst health care workers generally. We hope that this NHS training session will go some way to improve the understanding and treatment of the illness.”
ME is classified as a neurological disorder by the Department of Health and affects an estimated 6,000 people across Sussex including a good number of the LGBT community.
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