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Beth Dobbin: Tom Daley and David Moyes join 360 sportspeople in letter to Andy Burnham

More than 350 sportspeople, including Tom Daley and Dina Asher-Smith, signed a letter with 360 names backing Beth Dobbin. They ask the prime minister to meet the former sprinter and commit more funding to ME research, which got 6.6m pounds in 2019-24.

By RedaçãoPublished: 11/02/2026, 07:52

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Dina Asher-Smith e Tom Daley estão entre mais de 350 esportistas que assinaram uma carta pedindo ao primeiro-ministro que receba a ex-velocista Beth Dobbin e se comprometa a aumentar o financiamento da pesquisa sobre a EM.

A carta agora tem 360 nomes. Ela vem depois de um apelo público de Dobbin, de 32 anos, que revelou em entrevista recente ter sido diagnosticada com EM “devastadora” e que hoje passa mais de 22 horas por dia na cama.

“Para muitos dos meus companheiros de treino, eu desapareci do mapa quatro anos atrás, quando desenvolvi a EM grave”, disse ela.

Entre os signatários estão o técnico do Everton, David Moyes, a técnica da seleção feminina dos Estados Unidos, Emma Hayes, e a ex-zagueira do Chelsea e da Inglaterra Millie Bright. Laura Muir, Eilish McColgan e Adam Gemili estão entre os 114 olímpicos e paralímpicos que adicionaram seus nomes.

Dobbin escreveu ao primeiro-ministro em 21 de outubro e não recebeu resposta, e foi por isso que o apoio foi reunido. A carta pede a Andy Burnham que coloque o financiamento da pesquisa sobre EM no mesmo patamar que o de outras doenças.

O argumento é sobretudo financeiro: entre 2019 e 2024, os financiadores governamentais britânicos destinaram apenas 6,6 milhões de libras à pesquisa sobre EM, contra 79,1 milhões para a doença de Parkinson e 496,4 milhões para demência. Os signatários acrescentam que, como consequência, não existem tratamentos aprovados.

A EM é uma condição crônica e flutuante cujos sintomas incluem dor, problemas de sono, dificuldades de memória e raciocínio e fadiga persistente que o descanso não alivia. Estima-se que o Reino Unido tenha mais de 400 mil casos, embora o número real possa passar de um milhão.

Karen Hargrave, do ThereForME, que ela cofundou, disse que a carta significaria muito para os pacientes e pediu ao governo que cubra um déficit de 15 milhões de libras do programa Sequence ME & Long Covid.

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