The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) has withdrawn long-awaited landmark guidance on ME hours before its planned publication amid a backlash from medical groups.
Charities and patient groups fighting for greater recognition of the poorly understood condition as a medical illness rather than a psychological problem had welcomed the planned guidance, which was due to stop advising doctors to administer a controversial therapy.
This disputed therapy, called graded exercise therapy (GET), involves incremental increases in physical activity to gradually build up tolerance. Patient groups have argued its use suggests those with ME have no underlying physical problem but are having symptoms due to inactivity.
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