- Maeve Boothby O’Neill, a 27-year-old woman, died of severe myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) after being poorly treated by the NHS.
- She was bedridden and unable to move in her final months, begging her GP for help with feeding in a letter sent four months before her death.
- Despite seeing her GP and a mental health practitioner just weeks before her death, there was no treatment available for her condition.
- Her family believes her death exposed a major systemic failing of the health service to understand and treat severe cases of ME.
- Medical staff were well-intentioned but unable to see the severity of Maeve’s condition, leading to a lack of palliative care and a delay in treatment.
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General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Psychiatry & Mental Health