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Educate Yourself & Your Doctor

 

Learn more about M.E., Fibromyalgia, and Long Covid with trusted resources, guidelines, films, and professional training.

Also visit our Knowledge Bank  for summary handouts and downloadable materials.

 

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• Leading organisations and charities
• Educational films and videos
• Accredited training opportunities

 

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.)

 

Guidelines & Official Resources:

 

• NICE Guideline – for ME/CFS (NG206) – Published 29 Oct 2021
• NI Department for Health– Health Minister statement - World M.E. Day 2024
• UK Delivery Plan – Cross-government plan for ME/CFS (2025)
• Digital Health N.I.  - Endorses Visible App for M.E & Long Covid self-management.
• NI Direct – A-Z Health Conditions updated July 2025 (Caution on treatment section suggesting exercise "can help some." Requested clarification/correction to SPPG (Aug 2025.) NICE is clear - "Do not advise unsupervised exercise for ME/CFS.”)

 

Clinical & Practitioner Resources:

• World ME Alliance – What is M.E. 
• Q&A Summary for GPs  2-page NICE summary.
• Top Tips for Doctors - Putting NICE into Practice for GPs.
• Doctors With M.E. - What Psychiatrists & Psychologists need to know.
• ME Association Summary Essential information from the new NICE guideline.
• Bateman Horne Centre  - Education, management tools, and videos.
• International Consensus Primer – (ICP) M.E. - Adult & Paediatric
• ICP Summary -2-page for doctors (diagnosis & treatment)
• Workwell Foundation -  Education, resources on biological basis for fatigue and post-exertional malaise (PEM)

 

 

Professional Training & Learning

 

For healthcare professionals, nursing & medical students:

 

• GPNI M.E. Clinical Update 2025 – 1-hour session for primary care teams.
• StudyPRN – Free online CPD module - 10 cases, 1 CPD hour.
• Discover M.E. Experience  Free digital or hard copy materials, course - 3 CPD hours.
• M.E. Webinar Series  – Hosted by HSC Clinical Education Centre (2021–24)

 

Fibromyalgia

• NI DIRECT – Health conditions A - Z
• Verses Arthritis – Treatment and management guidance.
• Fibromyalgia U.K. Information and booklets.
• BUPA  – Self-management strategies
• Bateman Horne Center    – Education, management resources, and videos.

 

Long Covid

• Digital Health & Care NI– Visible App (self-management for Long Covid & M.E.)
• Southern Health & Social Care Trust – Post-Covid information Page Tiger
• Long Covid Physio – Educational resources and safe rehabilitation guidance
• Asthma & Lung UK – Diagnosis and symptom management guidance.
• Bateman Horne Centre  Education, management resources, and videos

 

Films & Videos – Awareness & Education

• Discover M.E.  – Hidden Lives - Award-winning animated short (6.40 mins)
• Dialogues for a Neglected Illness – For families, carers, and healthcare providers
• Voices from The Shadows – Documentary (not suitable for children/young people)
• Long Covid Physio - Series on pacing, activity management & safe rehabilitation.
• Physios For ME – 2-part podcast on heart rate monitoring.
• Fibromyalgia U.K.  Short animation (47 secs)

 

Books

• Physios For M.E.  – Physiotherapist’s Guide to Understanding & Managing ME/CFS
• Dr. Melvyn Ramsey e-book – Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Post-Viral Fatigue States: The Saga of Royal Free Disease (Hard copies available on request)

 

Links to Associate Members & Partner Organisations

 

World M.E. Alliance      ME Research U.K.     Doctors With M.E.     ME Association

 

Invest in M.E.                Action For M.E.            Forward M.E.             25% ME Group

 

ThereForME                        Long Covid Kids NI                          Workwell Foundation

 

Bateman Horne Centre     Open Medicine Foundation      European M.E. Alliance 

   

Neurological Charities Alliance N.I.                 Chartered Society of Physiotherapy