Maeve Boothby-O’Neill’s harrowing case highlights clashing NHS narratives on ME | Alastair Miller

Hospitals and GPs needs more rapid access to clinics that can provide a diagnosis and suggest best course of treatment

The tragic case of Maeve Boothby-O’Neill, being widely reported from the inquest in Exeter, generates more questions than answers about the management of patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).

Having been involved in the diagnosis and management of this condition since the mid 1980s, I know of no other disease that provokes such controversy – pitting clinicians, researchers and patients against one another rather than in support.