This is a short poem that I have written in response to this recently published guidance:
NICEly misunderstood:
Perhaps I am not alone in feeling NICEly misunderstood.
NICE, dependent upon all available evidence
has prioritised [but is not ‘addicted’ to]
moneytised ‘evidence’
NICE, dependent upon all available evidence
has prioritised [but is not ‘addicted’ to]
the career paths of those who set the narrative
[follow the status, as well as the money]
dependence [and] addiction
may co-exist,
but they are not the same.
misunderstood
and NICEly so!
To play a short film about my 25 year experience of an SSRI drug that was prescribed to me for anxiety, please click here or on the chemical formula above.