NHS wards not capable of treating ME patients, doctor tells Exeter inquest

ME expert said he wrote to hospital chief executive after Maeve Boothby O'Neill's death

A leading ME expert has told an inquest there is still no hospital ward in England capable of managing patients with the illness, and said it was a travesty" that some medical professionals did not believe it was a real physical condition.

Speaking at the inquest of a woman who died with ME in 2021, Dr David Strain also expressed concern at aspects of the treatment Maeve Boothby O'Neill received at the Royal Devon and Exeter hospital.