'Best treatment' for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

People who have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or ME might have their conditions improved by exercise and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), according to new research published in journal Lancet Psychiatry.

Report co-author Professor Michael Sharpe of Oxford University said that they found the benefits of carefully graded exercise and CBT persisted for two years after treatment.

“This, in terms of evidence based treatments, is the best show in town,” he told the Today programme.

But the treatment, he said, was not a cure, and he told presenter Justin Webb that people who suffer from the condition may struggle to get access to the treatment.

“The risk is that this kind of condition, these chronic conditions, will not be seen as a priority” by the NHS, he said.