The RCGP tried to reclassify ME/CFS a few years ago from a neurological disease as classified by the WHO since 1969 into a psychiatric disorder, ignoring all the evidence that this is a severely disabling physical disorder. They had to reverse things after the ME Association and a few other ME charities stepped in.
Now on 8 July 2011, the RCGP are trying the same trick again, using the Oxford criteria, i.e. tired all the time, which has no relevance to ME/CFS as you can see in the picture below.
For those of you who don't know, Dr Clare Gerada is a London-based GP and Chair of Council of the Royal College of General Practitioners. She is also the wife of Prof Simon Wessely whom I don't need to introduce.
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