UK group raises plight of Manx ME sufferers

Charity gives view on work capability tests

Raising awareness of ME in the Island could prompt healthcare reforms - and focus minds on how to fund them.

That view from a leading figure in UK charity Action for ME, who appeared before a Tynwald scrutiny committee today.

The charity's chief executive Sonya Chowdhury travelled to the Island to give evidence to the inquiry into the way work capability, or fit-for-work tests, are carried out here. 

Local ME support group counterparts have already told the committee how their members feel treated by the system. 

Ms Choudhury provided the committee with a UK comparison today (13 May) and said circumstances can be improved here:

L-r: ME Support Isle of Man chairman Celia Marshall with CEO of Action for M.E Sonya Chowdhury.'