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=== Criticism from some ME advocates and charities === Some ME advocates have stated that there are many reasons to not support AfME, including an article detailing numerous reasons not to support AfME.<ref name=":1" /> Some other ME charities have refused to work with AfME.{{Citation needed}} In a 2004 House of Lords debate, Action for ME's involvement with Professor [[Simon Wessely]] was criticised as it was supporting the [[Wessely school|Wessely school's]] CBT/GET management programme and was actively involved in the development of the new CBT/GET treatment centres.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2004-01-22/debates/255ec089-dcad-453b-82aa-e28b91b5bed9/MyalgicEncephalomyelitis | title = Myalgic Encephalomyelitis - Hansard | website = hansard.parliament.uk | access-date = 2019-08-31}} </ref> In 2013 AfME relaunched its research strategy with ‘Action for M.E. – Placing Patient Views at the Heart of a New Research Strategy’. Its Chief Executive answered questions about the new strategy and also about the commitment to greater patient involvement on the forum Phoenix Rising.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://forums.phoenixrising.me/threads/action-for-m-e-placing-patient-views-at-the-heart-of-a-new-research-strategy.26865/ | title = Action for M.E. - Placing Patient Views at the Heart of a New Research Strategy | website = Phoenix Rising ME / CFS Forums|language=en-US | access-date = 2019-08-31}} </ref> There were many questions left unanswered about the PACE trial, including some by the late [[Robert Courtney]](RIP, Deceased 2018).
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