I wondered why I couldnt find ME listed under neurological illnesses when I looked it up, after reading on the MEA website that it had been removed from mental health listings - following Forward ME discussions with Prof Baker from NICE. He agreed that the NICE Guideline for CFS/ME needs replacing and, following a further request from Jane Colby pointing out it couldnt be listed under two different classifications, it was removed from the mental health listing - at long last! Back in Feb 12th this year “the WHO publicly confirmed that: “Fibromyalgia, ME/CFS are not included as Mental & Behavioural Disorders in ICD-10, there is no proposal to do so for ICD-11” and that this has been accepted by the UK Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Jane Ellison MP) who, on 25th February 2014 stated on the record: “The World Health Organisation is currently developing the 11th version of the International Classification of Diseases, which it aims to publish in 2017. No discussions have taken place between the Department and the WHO on the reclassification of ME/CFS, but the WHO has publicly stated that there is no proposal to reclassify ME/CFS in ICD-11”. Prof Hooper Feb 27th 2014. The Countess has followed this up with further questions on Nov 26th and 28th.meassociation.org.uk/news-too/ She tabled a question asking the Government which organisations within the National Health Service or which represent members who provide services to the National Health Service are bound by the World Health Organisation’s International Classification of Diseases? The answer from Lord Howe, The United Kingdom as a member state of the World Health Organization (WHO) is expected to comply with the WHO Nomenclature Regulations 1967 and is required to use the most current version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) for reporting cause of death and disease for compiling and publishing mortality and morbidity statistics. As such all providers of National Health Service funded care are required to submit ICD-10 codes for national reporting.
Posted on: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 12:08:39 +0000
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