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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Please read and share @georgemonbiot.bsky.social column about the ongoing mistreatment of people with ME. Can we break through the wall of indifference? #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #pwME
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
George Monbiot has sent out a call asking 'Are any of you still being offered inappropriate (psych/GET etc) "treatments"? Please email george@monbiot.info #pwME #VerySevereME
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Please read this petition update about Karen Gordon and sign if you haven't already. Be aware that Karen is still very ill and having a hard time in hospital, so read with caution. www.change.org/p/save-karen... #VerySevereME
A photograph of Karen Gordon in a dark room in a hospital bed with a monitor by her bedside.
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
#MEAction Scotland was recently invited to give evidence to the Health, Care and Sport Committee at the Scottish Parliament. The meeting, which took place on September 2nd, 2026, was designed to give the new committee an overview of key issues in the health care sector in Scotland.
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
MEAction UK are delighted to welcome our new trustees. Follow the link to learn more. meaction.org.uk/news/2026/08... #pwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis
A photograph of hands joining with a red heart shape on the centre. Text; Welcome to our new trustees. MEAction UK is thrilled to welcome new members to our board of trustees.
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The #MEAction Network Severe ME Artists Project has many wonderful pieces of art to share with you. Please share some love with the artists. x.com/MEActNet/sta... #SevereMEWeek2026
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#MEAction Network on X
In honor of #SevereMEday, #MEAction is honored to share the Severe ME Artists Project 2026! Over 100 of you submitted photos, drawings, writing, and videos of your work! We are thrilled to share so many amazing and powerful pieces of artwork. https://t.co/B6w4pMvG7K #SevereME https://t.co/ZSRbXKArBX
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Our thanks to Julian Smith MP for responding to our #MillionsMissing campaign and listening to his constituent who used our tools and asked him to take action. He tabled the following questions and received stock responses.
Lobby Your MP for the #MillionsMissing and the #MEAction UK logo projected onto a wall with Parliament lit up at night in the background.
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
In our 2024-2025 Annual Report we detail our campaigns, parliamentary and education work with #MEAction UK leading our campaigning in England and Wales and #MEAction Scotland focussing on campaigning and advocacy in Scotland.
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
In our 2024-2025 Annual Report we detail our campaigns, parliamentary and education work with #MEAction UK leading our campaigning in England and Wales and #MEAction Scotland focussing on campaigning and advocacy in Scotland. Read the full report here meaction.org.uk/media/annual... #MyalgicEncephal
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Following the joint letter signed by MEAction UK and 58 charities and organisations, Long Covid Advocacy is continuing the dialogue on ME, Long Covid and evidence-based psychiatric education with the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
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We Have Responded to the Royal College of Psychiatrists
Continuing the dialogue on ME, Long Covid and evidence-based psychiatric educationAudio on Substack In June, the Royal College of Psychiatrists responded to our open letter concerning the framing of Long Covid at the Royal College of Psychiatrists International Congress.We welcomed the opportunity to receive a formal response. Rather than replying immediately, we took time to consult with many of the charities, organisations, clinicians, researchers and patient advocates who supported our origin
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Following the joint letter signed by MEAction UK and 58 charities and organisations, Long Covid Advocacy is continuing the dialogue on ME, Long Covid and evidence-based psychiatric education with the Royal College of Psychiatrists. www.longcovidadvoc.com/post/rcpsych...
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We Have Responded to the Royal College of Psychiatrists
Continuing the dialogue on ME, Long Covid and evidence-based psychiatric educationAudio on Substack In June, the Royal College of Psychiatrists responded to our open letter concerning the framing of Long Covid at the Royal College of Psychiatrists International Congress.We welcomed the opportunity to receive a formal response. Rather than replying immediately, we took time to consult with many of the charities, organisations, clinicians, researchers and patient advocates who supported our origin
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
We are excited to share the Severe ME Artists Project 2026 from #MEAction in recognition of Severe ME Day on August 8th. #SevereME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis www.instagram.com/p/DZu4KevjCJu/
Announcement for the Severe ME Artists Project 2026 with a July 24th entry deadline and website details. Background in watercolors using peach, white and minty teal. Text: Severe ME Artists Project 2026 Deadline to enter July 24th Details on our website. #MEAction
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Published in March this year, 'What is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Like?' is a co-production between the WIMEL writers group (part of @pillowwriters.bsky.social) and the @batemanhornecenter.bsky.social
Blue, white and gold abstract art overlaid by three navy blue boxes containing white text. The text in the top box reads 'What is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Like? Patient and Caregiver Perspectives'. Text in the second box reads 'Created by WIMEL writers. Foreward and Other Contributions by Bateman Horne Center.' Text in the third (bottom) box reads 'For medical professionals, policy-makers and all affected by myalgic encephalomyelitis' The WIMEL writers logo - an empty battery symbol, resting on a pillow - follows this text.
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Our thanks go to Baroness Scott of Needham Market for yesterday’s debate on severe ME and for speaking so eloquently about the plight of people with ME, We are grateful to Lord Evans of Rainow, Baroness Walmsley and Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown for advocating for
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House of Lords - Severe ME Debate
Coverage of the debate in the House of Lords on the treatment of severe myalgic encephalomyelitis, on Thursday 18 June.
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The House of Lords session to debate the treatment of, and research into, severe myalgic encephalomyelitis starts at 11am today, although the full debate is expected this afternoon.
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
We share another heartbreaking image of someone with very severe ME. Please share our video, contact your MP to ask them to lobby @jamesmurrayldn.bsky.social about the harm that people with very severe ME are suffering due to a lack of NHS care?
A photograph of young white woman lying in bed with short brown hair and with a feeding tube is projected on the side of Blackfriars station at night with London in the background.THEY ARE DESPERATE in white text on a red background is projected on the side of Blackfriars station at night with London in the background.A photograph of James Murray and the words in white on a red background - James Murray Secretary of State for Health is projected on the side of Blackfriars station at night with London in the background.
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Can you share these heartbreaking images and our video and contact your MP to ask them to lobby @jamesmurrayldn.bsky.social about the harm that people with very severe ME are suffering due to a lack of NHS care? Could your family and friends join you in tagging, messaging and sharing our call?
An image of a young white women lying in bed with a patterned eye mask and breathing tube projected on a wall under a bridge with the London Eye in the background at night.The words ONLY ONE PERSON HAS THIS POWER in white on a red background is projected on a wall under a bridge with the London Eye in the background at night.A photograph of James Murray and the words in white on a red backgrond. JAMES MURRAY Secretary of State for Health projected on a wall under a bridge with the London Eye in the background at night.
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Long Covid Advocacy are asking people to share the text and link below today to demonstrate support for Long Covid Advocacy's recent open letter to the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
The most severely ill people with ME used their energy to share their heartbreaking images. Can you use some to contact your MP to ask them to lobby James Murray about the harm that people with very severe ME are suffering due to a lack of NHS care?
The image of a white women wearing an eye mask pushed up to her forehead is projected onto a building at night with St Paul's Cathedral in the background.An image of the words NO ONE s projected onto a building at night with St Paul's Cathedral in the background.An image of James Murray with his name and Secretary of State of Health in white text on a red background is projected onto a building at night with St Paul's Cathedral in the background.
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
***HELP CAROLINE GET THE SPECIALIST CARE SHE URGENTLY NEEDS*** Warning: post contains details of a person suffering from very severe ME.
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Have you contacted your MP to ask them to lobby @jamesmurrayldn.bsky.social Please let us know if you have received a supportive answer, admin@meaction.org.uk. There is still time. Tag & lobby your MP and James Murray? shorturl.at/I7Rwk Thank you. ❤️ #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #VerySevereME
A woman's image, lying in bed with a breathing tube is projected under a bridge with the London Eye in the background.The words 'NOWHERE TO GO' are projected under a bridge with the London Eye in the background.A photograph of James Murray with white text on red background -  'James Murray Secretary of State for Health' in white  is projected under a bridge with the London Eye in the background.
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
We are proud to be one of the 58 orgs & 1200 individuals to sign this open letter regarding the framing of Long Covid in the Royal College of Psychiatrists 2026 International Congress
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Open Letter Update: Solidarity, Engagement, and Next Steps
The response has been extraordinary. To date, the letter has received 1,200 individual signatories and the support of 58 organisations, including clinicians, researchers, patient advocates, and members of the public. This reflects a clear and growing call for scientific rigour, respectful discourse, and appropriate representation of evidence in discussions of IACC (infection-associated chronic conditions).
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
People with very severe ME are suffering due to a lack of NHS care. They need your help. Can you share our images & video, tag & lobby your MP and @jamesmurrayldn.bsky.social? Ask family & friends to join you. Find out how shorturl.at/I7Rw #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #VerySevereME
A photograph of a young man with red/brown hair wears an eye mask and headphones lying still in bed is projected on a wall with S Paul's Cathedral at night in the background.A message in white on a red background saying, 'Lobby Your MP,  Tell them they can make a difference by urging James Murray to ...' projected on a wall with S Paul's Cathedral at night in the background.
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Karen Gordon bravely took part in our video that lit up London for the very severely ill and now she needs your help.
Karen Gordan, a white women with a black cloth over her eyes lies in a hospital bed.  The photograph is projected onto the side of Blackfriars station in London.A photograph of James Murray Secretary of State for Health (white text on red background) is projected onto a wall wit the Houses of Parliament in the background at night.The word Ignored is projected onto a building in London with St Paul's Catherdral in the background lit up at night.
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Stop the harm, Stop the deaths, Start the service Share this video - lobby your MP and @jamesmurrayldn.bsky.social Find out how here shorturl.at/I7Rwk Let’s make our voices heard! #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #VerySevereME youtu.be/YoCT_K66Ul0
A projection of #MEAction UK's logo in white on a wall with St Paul's cathedral in the background at night.
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Lighting up the darkness for ME. #MEAction UK took to the streets of London to urge James Murray, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to listen to the most severely ill people with ME. We need the immediate setting up of NHS specialised care to prevent more suffering and deaths.
A photograph of James Murray Secretary of State for Health is projected on a builind with St Paul's Catherdral in the background.
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
More than light - voice for the voiceless. Last night, #MEAction UK took to the streets of London to urge @jamesmurrayldn.bsky.social to listen to the most severely ill people with ME & set up NHS care. Lobby your MP! More locations, photographs and videos coming soon! shorturl.at/NiQ90 #MillionsMi
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Learna’s free, highly rated, CPD-accredited module on ME, available for GPs and healthcare professionals, has been updated to reflect evolving biomedical understanding of ME.
Photograph of a person wearing blue scrubs and with a stethoscope around their neck. They are sitting at a computer keyboard. Their head is not visible. The logos of M E Action Scotland, the M E Association and Action for M E are at the bottom of the graphic, below the text
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
We have asked you to contact your MP using our advocacy guides (link to our full guide shorturl.at/9lhU7 or to our shorter guide here shorturl.at/pxwux). This is showing results so please keep doing it if your energy allows..
A photograph of a seriously ill young white woman in a hospital bed wearing eye mask and headphone. Text: No Treatment, No Ward, No NHS Service. Stop the Harm, Stop the Deaths, Start the Service. #MillionsMissing.
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
We have asked you to contact your MP using our advocacy guides (link to our full guide shorturl.at/9lhU7 or to our shorter guide here shorturl.at/pxwux). This is showing results so please keep doing it if your energy allows..
A photograph of a seriously ill young white woman in bed wearing an eye mask. Text: No Treatment, No Ward, No NHS Service. Stop the Harm, Stop the Deaths, Start the Service. #MillionsMissing.
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Our thanks to everyone who took part in Blue Sunday 2026 and for raising £400 for MEAction UK. #MillionsMissing
A photo of a blue and white cup and saucer with a plate of iced cupcakes behind.  Text - Blue Sunday 2026 raised £400. Thanks to everyone who took part. MEAction UK logo and Blue Sunday logo at bottom.
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Liz Jarvis, Liberal Democrat MP for Eastleigh asked question below. Ther response is there is still no plan for the very severe . They have to stop the harm, stop the deaths, start the service for the #MillionsMissing now! Thanks to TheyWorkForYou.
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ME/CFS: Health Services
Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at 27 May 2026
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
#ThereForME co-founder, Karen Hargrave, speaks very powerfully to to @theipaper.com about the financial costs of caring for someone with very severe ME, the lack of help available and the stress and anxiety this causes. #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #HealthEquality
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My husband's care costs have reached £65,000 - we've had to sell our flat
Karen Hargrave says she and her husband probably have a year before their savings run out 
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Listen to Emma Barnett's interview with former Team GB rower and #ThereForME team member, Oonagh Cousins about her experience of living with ME following Long Covid Oonagh was pre-selected for the Tokyo Olympics before her career was cut short by Long Covid, which she contracted in March 2020.
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Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett - Long Covid Stole My Olympic Dream with Oonagh Cousins - BBC Sounds
Oonagh Cousins was selected for Team GB, then Long Covid ended her Olympic hopes.
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
We have asked you to contact your MP using our advocacy guides (link to our full guide shorturl.at/9lhU7 or to our shorter guide here shorturl.at/pxwux). This is showing results so please keep doing it if your energy allows..
A photograph of a seriously ill  white woman in a hospital bed wearing eye mask. Text: No Treatment, No Ward, No NHS Service. Stop the Harm, Stop the Deaths, Start the Service. #MillionsMissing.
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
We have asked you to contact your MP using our advocacy guides (link to our full guide shorturl.at/9lhU7 or to our shorter guide here shorturl.at/pxwux). This is showing results so please keep doing it if your energy allows.
A photograph of a seriously ill young white woman in bed. . Text: No Treatment, No Ward, No NHS Service. Stop the Harm, Stop the Deaths, Start the Service. #MillionsMissing.
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Thanks to everyone who took part in 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 - 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗠.𝗘, especially if you donated to MEAction UK. We are grateful to you all. ❤️ Our donation link is still open: www.totalgiving.co.uk/appeal/BlueS...
A blue teacup with bkue and white pattern of leaves on a table with small iced cakes in the background in blue cake cases. Text - Get ready for Blue Sunday 2026 - the tea party for M.E. Dark blue background with MEAction UK log and Blue Sunday logot at bottom.
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Following the appointment of the new Scottish cabinet, #MEAction Scotland would like to hear from anyone who is represented by either Angela Constance or Maree Todd. Angela Constance, the new Cabinet Secretary for Health and Care, is the MSP for Almond Valley.
Photographs of two white women, both looking at the camera and smiling. Text above the first photo reads Angela Constance and above the second, Maree Todd. Text below the first photo reads Cabinet Secretary for Health and Care and below the second, Minister for Mental Wellbeing, Public Health, Sport, Alcohol and Drugs.
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
We have asked you to contact your MP using our advocacy guides (link to our full guide shorturl.at/9lhU7 or to our shorter guide here shorturl.at/pxwux). This is showing results so please keep doing it if your energy allows..
A photograph of a seriously ill young white woman in a hospital bed wearing eye shakes and a breathing mask. Text: No Treatment, No Ward, No NHS Service. Stop the Harm, Stop the Deaths, Start the Service. #MillionsMissing.
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Thanks to everyone who has contacted their MP to tell the new Health Secretary, @jamesmurrayldn.bsky.social that the most severely ill people with ME have nowhere to go, no treatment, no ward, no NHS service.
Severe ME campaign, Update. Nothing - No one - Nowhere. MPs are responding to our campaign. Text in red and cream. #MEAction UK logo in red.
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
On Monday 18th May, @actionforme.bsky.social ME launched the PRIME ME/CFS Research Involvement Hub, a major new initiative placing people with lived experience of ME at the heart of research.
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
At #MEAction Scotland, we want to make sure that our work reflects the needs and experiences of the whole ME community across Scotland. Our campaigning work is run by a small core team of volunteers who meet weekly.
Red background with the word 'Volunteer' spelt out with wooden letter blocks. Text reads 'Our volunteer network is recruiting. No regular commitment required. Choose when and how much you contribute. scotlandvolunteers@meaction.org.uk. The M E Action Logo is in the bottom right and left-hand corners.
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Dr Nicola Clague-Baker, co-founder of Physios for ME, needs the help of people with ME. She is working on developing simulation training for health care professionals caring for patients with #SevereME and #LongCovid in hospital 👇🏼
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
There's still time to email your MSP(s) as part of #MEAction Scotland's ME Awareness Week campaign. We've already had some very encouraging responses from MSPs whose constituents have contacted them.
Red background with black text. On top of the text is a yellow Post-It note reading Reminder. Email MSPs! There is a graphic of a money bag in the top righthand corner and the M E Action Scotland logo is in the bottom lefthand corner.
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Good news for #WorldMEDay. Gov invests £4.75m in research. Congratulations to Action for ME, The University of Edinburgh, Decode ME Study, Oxford Nanopore Technologies, and the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI). www.gov.uk/government/n... #MilionsMissing #MEAwarenessWeek
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
This year, #MEAction Scotland will be running an email campaign aimed at MSPs during ME Awareness Week (11th-17th of May). Last year, in the final budget of that parliament, the Scottish Government earmarked £4.5 million
Red background with text reading M E Awareness Week 2026. Deliver for M E. £4.5 million reasons to act now. There is a graphic of a money bag in the top righthand corner and the M E Action Scotland logo is in the bottom lefthand corner.
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
As part of their #MillionsMissing campaign this year, #MEAction UK are asking people to lobby their MPs on behalf of those with Severe or Very Severe ME.
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The The Neurological Alliance of Scotland has asked us to share a survey being undertaken by The Migraine Trust to find out about people's experience of accessing migraine treatments. The survey should take approximately 20 minutes to complete.
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Access to migraine treatment survey
Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
NHS Lothian are setting up a new group for people with lived experience of ME and Long Covid, with the aim of helping to inform and shape future services. The group will be an online group and will be open to people in NHS Borders, NHS Fife, NHS Forth Valley as well as NHS Lothian.
White text on blue background. Text reads 'Long Covid M E Lived experience group'
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#MEAction Scotland @meactionscotland.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
#MEAction Scotland is pleased to report that, after lots of hard work including attending party conferences, meeting with all the major political parties and sending numerous emails, we have secured pledges on ME in three party manifestos. #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #HealthEquality
 Graphic of a paintbrush stroke in red superimposed on a photo of the debating chamber at Holyrood. Black text reads M E included in Scottish party manifestos. The logos of the Scottish Labour Party, the SNP and the Scottish Liberal Democrats are at the bottom of the post.
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