Talk:National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

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[edit] Page name

Move to National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence? Surely yes... That has been its name for almost a year now. Gnusmas 23:39, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

I agree we should move the article. Feel free to move it as I don't know how. --Wikipediatastic 09:35, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Neutrality

This article does not attempt to address the great controversy surrounding NICE and therefore gives it a degree of respectability that it does not necessarily deserve.

The article states the facts quite well and maintains NPOV. If you (whoever you are - please sign contributions) want to add a sentence or two discussing the "controversy", go ahead. Gnusmas 06:48, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

I would agree that NICE are a relatively controversial body as they do on occassion deny access to drugs - obviously this isn't very popular. However I feel that I have made a good attempt to explain how and why they make these decisions. The NHS does, after all only have a finite pot of money. So you either have to raise taxes to fund medication or have an organisation that makes these difficult decisions. If you feel that there should be a section about the controversial decisions that NICE have made please write it. --Wikipediatastic 14:34, 25 August 2006 (UTC)