Index of Scottish Parliament Cross Party in ME Non-MSP Members


The Scottish Parliament web-site that is available on the internet at the following address:-
http://www.scottishparliament.uk/msp/crossPartyGroups/cpg-me.htmlists notes the purpose of
the group and the registered members that includes MSPs and Non-MSP Individuals and
Organisations. The Non-MSPs listed are given in this section, below.
The only Organisation registered for membership is Action for M.E. (AfME), for which the
representative at the last XPG meeting was Sir Peter Spencer.

  • Simon Lawrence - 25% M.E. Group
  • Ewan Dale
  • Dr Lorna Paul
  • Catherine Lewis
  • Dr Gregor Purdie - GP interested in M.E., NHS Dumfries and Galloway.
  • Helen Brownlie
  • Margaret Williams
  • Jane Gioukamkas
  • Susan Webster
  • Linda Dunn
  • Nick Stroud
  • Denis Turner
  • Connie Nelson
        LocalME internet site co-ordinator.
        e-mail address: connie.nelson@ntlworld.com


    Index of Media and Journalist Contacts


    The following section provides some contacts for a sample of journalists who have produced
    some output on ME, irrespective of their personal perceptions.

    1. BBC Radio
    Radio 2: The Jeremy Vine Programme has hosted discussion of ME topics.
    Radio 4: You and Yours Programme has held a discussion and “phone-in” programme, one of
    the researchers was Steven Williams.
    E-mail: steven.williams@bbc.co.uk and you-&yours@bbc.co.uk
    Radio 5: Victoria Derbyshire Programme has held a number of telephone “phone-ins”
    discussions on ME.
    E-mail: Victoria.derbyshire@bbc.co.uk

    2 . BBC Television
    Newsnight, Despatches programmes can be contacted via the editor and the BBC web-site.
    Web site www.bbc.co.uk
    The address for the Newsnight programme is:

    The Editor, BBC Newsnight ,
    Room G680, Television Centre
    Wood Lane, London W12 7RJ

    3. Jerome Burne
    Freelance journalist, has published in the Times and the New Scientist on ME. He has also
    reported on Dr Skinner and thyroid problems and treatment in the Daily Mail.
    E-mail: j.burne@ntlworld.com

    4. Rowan Hooper
    Freelance journalist, has published in New Scientist on ME.
    John Hoyland, Letters & Feedback Editor
    New Scientist
    Email: john.hoyland@rbi.co.uk
    New Scientist
    Lacon House, 84 Theobald's Road
    London, WC1X 8NS UK
    Direct tel: +44 (0)20 7611 1244
    E-mail: Rowan.Hooper@rbi.co.uk

    5. Melanie Philips
    Daily Mail columnist and author.
    Address: Daily Mail Newspaper,
    Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5TT
    E-mail: melanie@melaniephilips.com

    6. Stacey Poole
    Stacey has interviewed a number of ME sufferers and their families for the local ITV network
    franchise in the South of England, Meridian Television, where the interviews have been
    transmitted as part of the local/regional news programmes under a segment called
    “Healthwatch”.
    E-mail: Stacey.poole@itv.com

    7. Helen Sewell
    Article in The Observer Magazine, Sunday August 17, 2003, reported on ME sufferers.
    She has had ME herself.

    8. Sarah Stacey
    Sarah Stacey
    E-mail: sarah.stacey1@btinternet.com