Dr Nina Muirhead and Dr Robin Kerr led a free Learn about ME webinar for GPs on Thursday 26 September.
Nina is a Dermatology Surgeon in Buckinghamshire, with a personal and professional interest in ME.
Nina has done research on quality of life for patients with ME and their family members, qualitative research interviewing patients on their experiences with GPs, was an expert witness for the 2021 NICE guideline on ME/CFS and is the author of Learna’s FREE online ME/CFS learning module.
Nina has first hand experience of ME after contracting Epstein Barr virus in 2016.
Robin was a fulltime GP partner in the Scottish Borders for over a decade. He now continues to work in General Practice, but also leads his local Rapid Cancer Diagnostic Service and offers UK wide online consultations for patients with ME and long COVID via Action for ME.
Amongst other things, this allows him to offer ME patients options based on applying evidence from medical research which mainstream medical practice currently lags behind.
He contributes to the Scottish EAVE-II and international TeamClot groups researching ME and long COVID.
Around 50 health professionals registered to take part and/or have access to the materials following the webinar, and all attendees who responded to the webinar poll agreed that they feel more confident to support patients with ME/CFS as a result.
All the professionals who registered have been sent the recording of Nina and Robin's presentation and accompanying slides.
You can also access a two-page summary and full-transcript of the presentation.
