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<p>Ministers at the Department regularly meet with medical training bodies including
the General Medical Council, to discuss many issues. However, there have been no recent
discussions with medical training bodies to discuss the guidance on myalgic encephalomyelitis
(ME).</p><p> </p><p>In terms of training, the General Medical Council sets out the
knowledge, skills and behaviours that new United Kingdom medical graduates must be
able to demonstrate and Royal Medical Colleges, such as the Royal College of General
Practitioners (RCGP) set the standards for postgraduate medical education in general
practice. General practice is where most patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)/ME
are likely to be managed, and the condition is identified as a key area of clinical
knowledge in the RCGP Applied Knowledge Test (AKT) content guide.</p><p> </p><p>The
AKT is a summative assessment of the knowledge base that underpins general practice
in the UK within the context of the NHS and is a key part of general practitioners’
qualifying exams.</p><p> </p><p>On 20 September 2017, the National Institute for Health
and Care Excellence announced its decision to undertake a full update of the guideline,
‘Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy): Diagnosis
and management of CFS/ME in adults and children’, following a review of the latest
available evidence on the diagnosis and management of CFS/ME and a public consultation.
New guidance is expected in October 2020. More information on this decision can be
found at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/news/article/nice-to-begin-review-of-its-guidance-on-the-diagnosis-and-treatment-of-cfs-me"
target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/news/article/nice-to-begin-review-of-its-guidance-on-the-diagnosis-and-treatment-of-cfs-me</a></p>
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