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From
the Guardian:
"Doctor who criticised NHS reforms is threatened with disciplinary action...
...
Prof John Ashton, county medical officer for Cumbria, received a letter
from his PCT last week after he joined 22 other signatories to a letter
in a national newspaper criticising Lansley's health and social care
bill. The letter read: "You are bound by the NHS code of conduct and as
such it is inappropriate for individuals to raise their personal
concerns about the proposed government reforms." Ashton will have to
"explain and account" for his actions at the hearing."