Prof Brian Hughes HSC CEC Webinars

Professor Brian Hughes - The Health & Social Care, Clinical Education Centre in Northern Ireland for hosting a series of five webinars on #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis on their website for nurses, midwives and Allied Health Professionals (and were available to all healthcare professionals)

We are delighted to share the series, now available on our YouTube channel Here

The webinars were organised by Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland Charity and brought together experts in the field of ME/CFS to share their knowledge and experience.

These educational resources were aimed to explore the radical changes that were taking place at the time, within the new proposed NICE Guideline for ME/CFS, and the important implications arising from the #LongCovid emerging crises.

Whilst the new NICE Guideline on ME/CFS NG206 has now been in existence since October 2021, it was not formally endorsed as applicable to Northern Ireland, by the Department of Health NI, until January 2022 and not yet been fully implemented.

WEBINAR - 1

‘New NICE Guidelines on ME/CFS (2021): How the Paradigm has Shifted’

Brian Hughes - Professor in Psychology, Galway University, Ireland, a member of the HSE (Ireland) National Working Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, and serves as a Scientific Advisor to the charity Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI.

Purpose
To give an overview of the NICE Guidelines on ME/CFS – past present and future, and how this affects the provision of patient care

Learning Outcomes
• Outline the significant changes to ME/CFS diagnosis, management and treatment.
• Appreciate "Illness Beliefs": treatments and management no longer advised, and why.
• Reflect on how we got here: PACE Trial, CBT, and medical controversy.
• Explore where we go next: modernising clinical practice and research.

Audience
Health & Social Care