People across Hampshire are being invited to share their real experiences of local health and social care, and your voice could help shape how services improve in the years ahead. Stripy Lightbulb CIC is working with Healthwatch Hampshire and Action …
Recently, as we began analysing Ministry of Justice (MoJ) datasets for a current research project, one issue quickly stood out: the way M.E./C.F.S. is categorised within these systems simply didn’t align with what we know about the condition. Instead of …
Human Resources (HR) and Occupational Health (OH) teams play a decisive role in ensuring that employees with M.E./C.F.S. are supported safely and effectively in their workplaces. When the condition is understood correctly, organisations benefit from improved retention, reduced sickness absence, …
We are inviting healthcare professionals to anonymously share their insights via a short survey exploring a key challenge in the care of patients with severe and very severe ME/CFS. Survey deadline: 12.00pm, Tuesday 29th October 👉 Complete the 4 minute …
What Stripy Lightbulb CIC Would Do in Government. The UK is facing a chronic illness public health and economic crisis that cannot be solved by austerity, denial, or outdated narratives. The rising welfare bill, persistent unemployment, and NHS waiting lists …
The proposed government welfare cuts cast a long shadow, threatening to push already vulnerable individuals and families further into hardship. The urgent need to resist these cuts, to raise our voices in unison and demand a more humane approach, cannot …
As a Community Interest Company working in the M.E./C.F.S and disability space and proud members of the Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC), we understand the often-invisible daily battles faced by individuals living with M.E. (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis), this includes the proposed welfare …
Image/table above is from this research study Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a debilitating chronic neurological disease affecting an estimated 1.25 million people in the UK. Characterised by post-exertional malaise (a worsening of symptoms after even minimal activity), unrefreshing …
I’m just coming out of a 4-day M.E. Post Exertional Malaise ‘crash’ and am making the most of my tiny bit of energy this morning to write about my personal observations from the past few weeks of living with M.E./C.F.S. …
Yesterday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that his Government would be ‘scrapping’ NHS England. We have a few opinions on this issue, there is nuance here. Firstly, it goes without saying that job losses are an unwelcome outcome of this …
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