In 1996 Dr Michael Wooldridge, Minister for Health and Family Services, approved an application to Medicare to provide funding of $130,000 to the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) "to produce a series of guidelines on the most clinically relevant and cost effective methods of diagnosing and treating chronic fatigue syndrome".
First draft released December, 1997.
Second draft released June, 2001.
| The full text of the AHMF's submission to the RACP CFS Working Group 1997 |
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| 11/4/1997 | |
AHMF critical overview of Guidelines development
AHMF response to RACP Draft Guidelines, extensive references, letters of support from consumer groups |
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AHMF correspondence to RACP Working Group |
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| AHMF examines the guidelines development 1996-2002 | |
| AHMF correspondence to Richard Larkins, President, RACP Working Group 19/4/2002 | |
| Simon Molesworth, Richard Larkins, to the MJA | |
| Richard Larkins, President, RACP Working Group |
Critical responses to draft 2, June 2001
| Professor of Pediatrics, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore USA | |
| Clinical Lecturer in Neurology, University of Glasgow | |
| GP, Public Health Physician | |
| Psychiatrist | |
| Further responses |
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