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The '''NHS Consultants Association''' was formed in 1976 by medical consultants with a strong commitment to the NHS and its founding principles.  It changed its name to '''Doctors For the NHS''' in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=NHS Consultants Association|url=http://www.nhsca.org.uk/pages/stopress/stopress.html|accessdate=7 January 2015}}</ref>

[[Clive Peedell]] and Dr [[Jacky Davis]] are co-chairs.

In 2005 the Association initiated the campaign [[Keep Our NHS Public]].<ref>{{cite web|title=NHS Consultants’ Association against commercialisation and fragmentation of the NHS|url=http://britishgeriatricssociety.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/nhs-consultants-association-against-commercialisation-and-fragmentation-of-the-nhs/|publisher=British Geriatric Society|accessdate=5 January 2014|date=6 March 2013}}</ref>

It was active in the campaign against the [[Health and Social Care Act 2012]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Appeal to the Queen to save the NHS in Her Jubilee Year!|url=http://www.labournet.net/other/1203/nhsqn1.html|publisher=LabourNet UK|accessdate=5 January 2014|date=16 March 2012}}</ref>
Its founder and co-chair Clive Peedall and Jacky Davis support and actively campaign for physician - assisted suicide to be made available on the NHS.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dignity in Dying |url=http://www.dignityindying.org.uk/blog/pressure-parliament-change-assisted-dying-law-2015/|publisher=VES/Exit/MichaelIrwin|accessdate=30 Dec 2014}}</ref>

==References==

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==External links==
* [http://www.nhsca.org.uk/ NHS Consultants Association]

[[Category:National Health Service (England)]]
[[Category:English health activists]]