title: NHS Direct did not emerge from an evidence free void.
authors.forename: Geoff H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Royston
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D015277:Hotlines / Q000592:standards*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom