We are calling for the UK Governments to commit the same level of research funding and recognition to M.E. as we have seen with Long Covid.
Hundreds of thousands of children and adults with M.E. have been ignored for too long. Now we are seeing people with Long Covid face similar symptoms, along with the problems people with M.E. have experienced for decades – ignorance, injustice and neglect from the Government meant to support them.
Join us in our demand that the UK governments ensure equity for people with M.E. Those with M.E. have been ignored for a long time and we know that for many people, M.E. can follow a virus. We are now seeing people with Long Covid demonstrating similar symptoms to ME and many are faced with the problems people with M.E. have experienced for decades – ignorance, injustice & neglect.
Around 250,000 adults and children have M.E. in the UK and that number is likely to be an underestimate and it is growing. Currently:
- Less than 4% of people with M.E. are able to access specialist M.E. services due to a lack of provision
- Less than 0.03% of research grants from the UK government are awarded to M.E. research
Action for M.E. believes that this neglect of people with M.E. is unacceptable.
There are 385,000 people already at risk of developing M.E. as they fail to recover from Long Covid after a year. While we are pleased to see considerable funding for research and healthcare support for people with Long Covid, it has shone a light on the lack of investment into M.E. and the lack of services and treatment available.
The petition will close on Friday 26 November 2021. We will use this petition to raise awareness and hope to deliver the petition to Downing Street, in addition to the devolved Parliaments.
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