The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence known as NICE has yet again let down patients who desperately need medicines that will improve both quality and length of life.  This time it is women with the bone disease osteoporosis that have fallen foul of this Government agency’s dubious decision making process.

It is now becoming apparent to  British people, as it will to Americans as Comparative Effectiveness starts to withhold treatment, that NICE eventually turns NASTY – Not Available So Treat Yourself!