For those of you who don’t use Facebook, below is a list of the external links shared within our Facebook Group during October:

Quality prescribing for chronic pain 2026-2029: consultation

https://www.gov.scot/publications/quality-prescribing-chronic-pain-2026-2029/documents/?fbclid=IwY2xjawN_JSFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETAzSTRJMlJyNXNURnpSeTlSc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHss9EMIv_UqH4e4OU6iO8fIzPXVeZjE8LfKDc81uSW95r5gRCoHpgiVUiIqq_aem_duqlvTGpevQNISOsZx6_DA

Des’s immediate reaction on sandpit Event hosted by ORUK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_5LHQKj7Ew

 

Photography Exhibition ‘Lives We Cannot Live’ Walkthrough

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0fD58bPIS0

 

Blood …

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For those of you who don’t use Facebook, below is a list of the external links shared within our Facebook Group during September:

 

Study Reveals New Insights into Immune Dysregulation in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CSF)

https://www.labroots.com/trending/immunology/29538/study-reveals-insights-immune-dysregulation-patients-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-me-csf?fbclid=IwY2xjawNJ-Y9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHr5ZY0IAxSYmAbzAtDdDDaqS-TbJojvI6rVSBOx3RnsWxIRIjohDC_gVI9p7_aem_3lBRvThXjR-DWNUlnuWg_A

 

“Screaming Immune Activation”: Major Lipkin Study Finds ME/CFS Systems Folding Under the …

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https://dgmefm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/2025-Impact-report.pdf

For those of you who don’t use Facebook, below is a list of the external links shared within our Facebook Group during August:

 

Fibromyalgia Newsletter 25 – 07

https://preview.mailerlite.com/h8q3i2h3p7/2801732608210245661/o0p7/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMsbrtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHh8qU7LhyYS-VJhCeHfcmt38qv5sSNay_NLG1eBUzztq4rq9DvF484E3InAE_aem_6stDQgThQS4WR32cpewShw

 

ME linked to your genetics – early study indicates Channel 4

https://www.channel4.com/news/me-linked-to-your-genetics-early-study-indicates

 

Jarred Younger Finds a VERY Inflamed Brain in ME/CFS …

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For those of you who don’t use Facebook, below is a list of the external links shared within our Facebook Group during July:

 

Fibromyalgia Action UK Newsletter

https://preview.mailerlite.com/d5x3d7a3p3/2778459470030707635/d7d0/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMAEKFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHgHLuR1WS4skVnwSMp6ARU_T9mleU1IWTKCu2O595Ndod8ZQoCltcYj8sWfQ_aem_cJfuVnXwkNMemOg-jCJADg

Prevalence: Latest research suggests a 62% increase on historic estimates for ME/CFS in the UK

https://meassociation.org.uk/2025/07/prevalence-latest-research-suggests-a-62-increase-on-historic-estimates-for-me-cfs-in-the-uk/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMAETpleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBTZDl0ME1UUHVoTXcxVDBrAR6-3AHxH-6Rm0r4NVSDfxo60DjeKN57lx8LI8v3MIRkhFIwRZYLWCPCfyrovg_aem_7uIc_gSQ6KboAMpC34rezg

NICE release a new Clinical Knowledge …

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For those of you who don’t use Facebook, below is a list of the external links shared within our Facebook Group during June:

MEpedia

https://me-pedia.org/wiki/Pain?fbclid=IwY2xjawLYkrpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETBTZDl0ME1UUHVoTXcxVDBrAR7KxLxJGl5GkpuOa19_ikY6QrfA_0P1DjSFYkodLVwT5x9CrKUBUZi8emXbAg_aem_aJWcnDacWz1HjajLHig8bQ

The GLP1 Agonists: An Exciting New Class of Drugs For ME/CFS, FM and Long COVID?

https://www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/05/28/glp1-agonists-chronic-fatigue-fibromyalgia-long-covid/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLYk-lleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETBTZDl0ME1UUHVoTXcxVDBrAR5GEDUAe86RP8616DToGYPMs5hk2KzDKpq21uoyjq23opp68sOgA0AP9-EAkw_aem_4ywysOVqkrhz_rIFE87mgQ

NHS Scotland adopts NICE NG206 in place of Scottish …

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Hello

My name is Kalpana, and I am the new Wellbeing worker at Dumfries & Galloway ME and Fibromyalgia Network. I’d like to introduce myself and let you know about what I’ll be doing across Dumfries and Galloway.

 

My Main Tasks:

• I will be co-ordinating Network wellbeing activities.
• I …
  
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For those of you who don’t use Facebook, below is a list of the external links shared within our Facebook Group during April and May:

 

Earlier diagnosis and better care needed for ME and Long COVID patients, report finds

https://news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-health-and-life-sciences/earlier-diagnosis-and-better-care-needed-for-me-and-long-covid-patients-report-finds/?fbclid=IwY2xjawKqdBxleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBLazVGckdjZGpwMGJQNmFGAR4frviZpwROH9AXVJhKqGKXDzCO5-j_CK-dU1rVfH_3YXbouzjytyxU-m-a1w_aem_pvnJK_7tcYSkVDYB6TrasA

Millions Missing Scotland 2025: Red alert for ME

https://www.meaction.net/2025/04/27/millions-missing-scotland-2025-red-alert-for-me/?fbclid=IwY2xjawKqdWBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBLazVGckdjZGpwMGJQNmFGAR6bJxRll69dHsWTDESP6VzN2tfH3Xmm9Bd4vKSZPInredel5qQESAVhZ02Fhg_aem_R02G21fYFDHKqdd9vkDsvg

FMA …

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Wellbeing Worker

 

Hours: 21 hours per week

Length of contract: Fixed term contract until 31^st May 2028. Possible extension dependent on funding.

Pay scale: £26,390 pro rata

 

Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Community Fund, we are delighted to be recruiting a Wellbeing Worker.

 

Full details of the …

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For those of you who don’t use Facebook, below is a list of the external links shared within our Facebook Group during November:

 

Damaged Mitochondria – the Original Sin? The Recent Mitochondrial ME/CFS Studies

https://www.healthrising.org/blog/2024/11/02/damaged-mitochondria-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHGZEhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHVvwRpYKI3bshLvN-51Y6Gz7yi7vwx4Wx-9M_lX3spde_VwUb2oGIZ_xIA_aem_Ghqye6RJXog0jbPspzNgOw

 

Warm home discount scheme

https://www.gov.uk/the-warm-home-discount-scheme?fbclid=IwY2xjawHGZLhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdyn-HtmgvUsPaD2uJaUH_geE7T3nyiGrTxCUqayHb3zN8eraFQsidJRZQ_aem_lAn0dkfNxgFNbvXA0zuwAA

 

Pathmaker community

https://www.wemakethepath.org/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHGZOtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHfLfUgsznr_F3TJAig2_0QyMhVdpyl5Sw9D6anwQiqtOHVPSWhh623fDJQ_aem_i-x1inwYj6jCo0v9XBwKew

 

Citizens advice bureau

https://www.dagcas.org/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHGZUFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHQxorjaYtYK_tVIsQPHFIiUfCZWxtsc-Y9vO4N5Ks43jyeetE7dUBvKwzQ_aem_kzRR6DE09jEkt9vXlY8UyQ

Emma from Citizens’ …

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