• Professor Anthony J Pinching

  

  Professor Anthony J Pinching has since 2003 been Associate Dean for Cornwall, and Professor of Clinical Immunology, in the Peninsula Medical School, with his base at the Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro. He trained in Medicine at Oxford, also gaining DPhil (in Neuroanatomy). After postgraduate training, he became Senior Lecturer, then Reader, in Clinical Immunology at St Mary's, and in 1992 took up the Louis Freedman Chair in Immunology at St Bartholomew's. His academic and clinical interests have included cellular immunology, autoimmunity (myasthenia gravis, vasculitis), immunodeficiency (especially HIV/AIDS), chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME), and medical ethics. He was Deputy Chairman of CMO's CFS/ME Working Group, and was the Chairman of the Department of Health's CFS/ME Service Investment Steering Group. His clinical focus is now predominantly on CFS/ME.

Yoga classes for ME/CFS

A yoga class for ME/CFS sufferers has been running in Hove since 1995. We meet once a week at 2.30pm on a Monday afternoon. The venue is the Cornerstone community centre at St John’s Church in Church Road. Each class tends to comprise of three sections. We begin with a period of relaxation, with emphasis placed on deepening the breath. This can achieve calmness and greater peace of mind.

The Sussex ME/CFS Society is a fully registered charity, number 1082681, which is affiliated
to the national patient organisations Action for ME and Association for Young People with ME.

Our aim is to disseminate information, and give support through newsletters, meetings and telephone contacts. We receive regular support from the local authorities, businesses and trusts.