Kidderminster Shuttle: Dr Richard Taylor: Former Wyre Forest MP dies aged 89.
 
The Gibson Inquiry (2006)
The Gibson Inquiry - Dr Richard Taylor, MP for Wyre Forest, (from 2001 to 2010), was Vice chairman of this all-party Group for Scientific Research into ME (GRSME). 
Our group were invited to the Oral Hearing on 18 April, 2006. Our presentation document is on the GSRME website.  The Report was published in November 2006.

Dr Taylor is on page 11 of the Spring 2007 ME Research UK magazine - 'Breakthrough'. 
“In September 2006, Simon Winnall and Ian Winstanley embarked on a great expedition to North-East Tanzania to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa at 5,895 m.  Simon and Ian funded the trip themselves, so all the money raised went towards our ME research programme..
Simon and Ian presented the cheque to Dr Richard Taylor, MP for Wyre Forest and Vice Chair of the Parliamentary Inquiry on Scientific Research into ME, who accepted it on our behalf at the Worcestershire ME Support Group.” 

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Previous Worcestershire MPs are listed on the Social Group website.  After the General Election the new MPs for Bromsgrove, Droitwich & Evesham, Redditch, West Worcestershire, Worcester, and Wyre Forest, will be on the Worcestershire ME Social Group website for your convenience.  Also, all new Worcestershire MPs will receive ME/CFS information from the Social Group.
 
 
APPG on ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis).  A cross-party voice in Westminster building change for people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)
 
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) seeks to improve health, social care, education and employment opportunities for people with ME and encourage biomedical research into the cause and treatment of ME.
General election update  -  In accordance with the APPG rules, from Friday, all APPGs will cease to exist, including this APPG on ME. When the next Parliament is established, all APPGs will need to be reformed. All updates will be posted on this website should this be the case.
 
On 1 May, last month, Sir Sajid Javid, previously MP for Bromsgrove, lead a debate on ME/CFS research in the Houses of Parliament.  ME Research UK (MERUK) gave their report, with explanations, including in particular Houses of Parliament procedures. 
 
Following the ME/CFS debate Robin Walker, previously MP for Worcester, received:
 
The following quote from Hansard concerns me, particularly as the APPG on ME Inquiry into NHS Service Provision Report Inquiry into NHS Service Provision for people with ME/CFS  was published in March 2010, and the 2010 General Election took place just two months later in May 2010.
 
Hansard 1st May 2024, Volume 749 Column 160WH
“The final delivery plan will be published later this year”. That was the end of last year. We are now in May 2024, approaching exactly two years since I made the initial commitment. 
I am also now hearing disturbing reports that, despite two years of waiting, the final delivery plan may not be published until the end of this year. Everyone knows that the Prime Minister has committed the country to a general election by the end of this year. We also know that when that general election is called, there will be no Government publication of any sort, which means there is absolutely no time to waste. I ask the Minister, when he responds, to give a specific commitment to the House that the final delivery plan will be published before the summer recess - or at the very latest, just after.
 
On 8 May, Robin Walker, previously MP for Worcester, contacted the Department of Health and Social Care concerning the Delivery Plan.  The forthcoming General Election was then announced on 23 May, and Robin Walker is standing down as the Worcester MP.  A response [jpeg, pdf below] dated 5 June from the Department of Health and Social Care has since been received explaining “What happens on the issue of ME/CFS in the future will be a matter for the incoming Government”.  It is understood that the new Worcester MP will receive information concerning the published: My full reality: the interim delivery plan on ME/CFS, and this will be followed up.

Action for ME (AfME) now explain - General election - what happens now?
May 23, 2024
We are aware the general election causes concern for many people within the ME community in relation to the progress of the Delivery Plan.
We have been assured on numerous occasions that the Plan holds cross-party support and expect work to continue as planned.
 
Parliament will be dissolved on 30 May meaning all MPs will lose their parliamentary status and their access to parliamentary resources.
 
Following the general election, we will work collaboratively to reconstitute the APPG. This will require an inaugural meeting to be held and new officers elected. An application will be submitted to register the APPG and the APPG will only exist once the Registry Office has approved its inclusion on the APPR Register. The Guide to the Rules for APPGs can be found HERE.

The ME Association Template Letter: General Election
June 13, 2024
You can write to your general election candidates with our template letter to make them aware of the issues facing people with ME/CFS.

Find out about candidates in your area from 'Who Can I Vote For?'.
Enter your postcode to find about your candidates.

Please join us, at our Afternoon Café Meeting on Wednesday, 12 June, from 2.00 - 3.30 pm, in the Next Café, above the Next store at the Elgar Retail Park, Blackpole, Worcester, WR3 8HP.  (There is a lift and escalator in the store, plus plenty of parking, including blue badge spaces near the main entrance.)  
 
All people with M.E., CFS, FMS, Long Covid, and their carers, friends and relatives, are welcome at all Worcestershire M.E. Social Group gatherings - please join us whenever it suits you.
 
Future Afternoon Café Meetings will also be on the 2nd Wednesday of each month, from 2.00 - 3.30 pm, at the Next Café.  Further information with all 2024 dates listed is available on our Meetings page.

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