NU under fire over chronic fatigue claims (Financial Times, 26 November)

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A story about how 1 psychiatrist sent in by an insurance company can

overrule

a diagnosis confirmed by 8 doctors, so that he loses his PHI payments. They

were restored but only after a two-year scrap.

The diagnosis here was chronic fatigue but I thought it was worth making a

point

about the principle for M.E. sufferers.

You can read it here

http://www.mefreeforall.org/November-2008.1327.0.html#c6286

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