title: Defending democracy and the National Health Service.
authors.affiliation: Office of the Director of Public Health, NHS Cumbria, Penrith Hospital, UK. john.ashton@cumbriapct.nhs.uk
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Ashton
mesh_terms: D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D011057:Politics; D013222:State Medicine / Q000266:history*; D006113:United Kingdom