Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government why the NHS Choices website includes an article on the Lightning Process when this treatment is not available on the NHS.

In addition to providing an overview of the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of conditions, NHS Choices also seeks to provide a balanced view of emerging, new or controversial treatments that are reported in the press, to help the public understand the facts of the story. In September 2017 the ‘Behind the headlines’ section of the NHS Choices website included a piece on the Lightning Process for treating chronic fatigue syndrome, following national press coverage which reported the findings of trial of this treatment.