Political Interference Cartoons and Comics

'In principal we're happy with the 'trust' idea...as long as it's properly monitored and regulated.'

Artist:
Fran
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forn1889
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2000x1639 pixels (unwatermarked)
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health reform, health reforms, medical reform, medical reforms, nhs, national health service, government interference, political interference, gp, gps, doctor, doctors, trust, trusts, trust issue, trust issues, regulation, regulations, monitoring, monitored

'Actually I think you'll find it's really more like this.'

Artist:
Fran
Search ID:
forn1998
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2000x1549 pixels (unwatermarked)
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complexity, gp, doh, complexity, health planning, complex, complicated, nhs, national health services, health reform, health reforms, medical reform, medical reforms, political interference, government interference, political involvement, government involvement

'What do you think about forgetting the whole thing and just going back to trying to help people a bit.'

Artist:
Fran
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forn2559
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2731x1795 pixels (unwatermarked)
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target, targets, social care, social service, social services, civil service, civil services, welfare state, welfare, targeting, bureaucrat, bureaucrats, bureaucracy, bureaucracies, social problem, social problems, red tape, red-tape, political interference, paper pusher

Focussing on what's REALLY important

Artist:
Fran
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forn2025
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2000x1548 pixels (unwatermarked)
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nhs, national health service, health reform, health reforms, medical reform, medical reforms, government interference, political interference, cutback, nhs funding, cutbacks, patient care, gp, gps, patient, patients, priority, priorities, prioritizing, prioritising, targets

'Of course we want medical staff to have choice...and this is how we want them to use it.'

Artist:
Fran
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forn1663
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2000x1488 pixels (unwatermarked)
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nhs, national health service, health reform, health reforms, medical reform, medical reforms, nhs reform, nhs reforms, budget, budgets, cut, cuts, cutback, cutbacks, nhs funding, gp, gps, medical staff, medical staffs, consultation, consultations, political interference

'I can't go cold turkey...just let me interfere a little. A few targets, that's all I need just a few targets.'

Artist:
Fran
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forn1828
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2000x1588 pixels (unwatermarked)
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targets, target setting, nhs, nhs targets, mp, mps, government targets, politician, politicians, health reform, health reforms, medical reform, medical reforms, nhs, national health service, government interference, political interference, gp, gps, doctor, doctors

'If we could just work out how to allocate enough medication to sufficient number of wrongly diagnosed non-existent patients who we've never met then we'd be in for a windfall.'

Artist:
Fran
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forn1882
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2000x1544 pixels (unwatermarked)
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health reform, health reforms, medical reform, medical reforms, nhs, national health service, government interference, political interference, gp, gps, doctor, doctors, qof target, qof targets, qof, target, targets, windfall, windfalls, bureaucrat, bureaucrats, bureaucracy

'Advances in technology are staggering...they can spend ten times as much four times more quickly for only a tenth of the results.'

Artist:
Fran
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forn1912
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2000x1550 pixels (unwatermarked)
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nhs, national health service, health reform, health reforms, medical reform, medical reforms, government interference, political interference, cutback, nhs funding, cutbacks, resources, waste, scr, summary care record, medical record, medical records

Regulators Claim Practices Are Overloaded With Patient Surveys.

Artist:
Fran
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forn1845
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2000x2172 pixels (unwatermarked)
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health reform, health reforms, medical reform, medical reforms, nhs, national health service, government interference, political interference, gp, gps, doctor, doctors, patient, survey, surveys, patients, bureaucrat, bureaucrats, bureaucracy, bureaucracies, feedback, results

TRUST: 'Are you telling me that none of you knows what it means?'

Artist:
Fran
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forn1820
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2000x1541 pixels (unwatermarked)
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health reform, health reforms, medical reform, medical reforms, nhs, national health service, government interference, political interference, gp, gps, doctor, doctors, doh, department of health, trust, trusting, trust issue, trust issues, health secretary

Performance management

Artist:
Fran
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forn1767
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2000x2158 pixels (unwatermarked)
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health reform, health reforms, medical reform, medical reforms, nhs, national health service, government interference, political interference, gp, gps, doctor, doctors, performance management, performance manager, target, targets, doh, department of health

'I'm afraid we can't PAY you but would you accept endless meaningless platitudes about your valuable contribution to the decision making process instead?'

Artist:
Fran
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forn1819
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2000x1554 pixels (unwatermarked)
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national institute for health and clinical excellence, nice, health reform, health reforms, medical reform, medical reforms, nhs, national health service, volunteering, volunteers, political interference, gp, gps, doctor, doctors, salary, salaries, wage, wages, pay cuts

NHS targets

Artist:
Fran
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forn2008
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2000x1541 pixels (unwatermarked)
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nhs, national health service, health reform, health reforms, medical reform, medical reforms, government interference, political interference, cutback, nhs funding, cutbacks, target, targets, bureaucrat, bureaucrats, bureaucracy, bureaucracies, targeting, doh

'Which way up would you like it?'

Artist:
Fran
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forn1943
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2000x1530 pixels (unwatermarked)
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nhs, national health service, health reform, health reforms, medical reform, medical reforms, government interference, political interference, cutback, nhs funding, cutbacks, target, targets, nhs targets, targeted, statistic, statistics, stat, stats, graph, graphs

'Here's another rock...you'll find your 'hard place' over there.'

Artist:
Fran
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forn1904
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2000x1525 pixels (unwatermarked)
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annexe 8, rock and hard place, clinical judgement, clinical judgements, consultant, consultants, advice, advise, nhs, national health services, health reform, health reforms, medical reform, medical reforms, political interference, primary care trust, pct, gp, gps, doctors

'The trouble with you doctors is that you don't really understand what the NHS is for.'

Artist:
Fran
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forn1813
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2000x1514 pixels (unwatermarked)
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nhs, management, nhs management, bureaucrats, bureaucrat, nhs bureaucracy, politicians, political interference, nhs, national health service, health reform, health reforms, medical reform, medical reforms, health care, healthcare, government interference

'I don't know what's worse...taking on the debt, or taking on the people who caused the debt.'

Artist:
Fran
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forn2024
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2000x1574 pixels (unwatermarked)
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nhs, national health service, health reform, health reforms, medical reform, medical reforms, government interference, political interference, cutback, nhs funding, cutbacks, consortia, consortium, consortiums, tupe, debt, debts, transfer of undertakings

'I don't think we could throw the baby out with the bathwater if we tried.'

Artist:
Fran
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forn1953
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2000x1537 pixels (unwatermarked)
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nhs, national health service, health reform, health reforms, medical reform, medical reforms, government interference, political interference, cutback, nhs funding, cutbacks, npfit, nhs program for it, scr, resources, resource, nhs funding, nhs funds

'We wouldn't dream of blaming you...'

Artist:
Fran
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forn1893
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2000x1579 pixels (unwatermarked)
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health reform, health reforms, medical reform, medical reforms, nhs, national health service, government interference, political interference, gp, gps, doctor, doctors, journalist, journalists, journalism, reporter, reporters, scapegoat, scapegoats, blame game, blame, blames

'We thought we'd put in the detail later.'

Artist:
Fran
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forn2028
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2000x1565 pixels (unwatermarked)
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nhs, national health service, health reform, health reforms, medical reform, medical reforms, government interference, political interference, cutback, nhs funding, cutbacks, consortium, consortia, consortiums, pct, primary care trust, detail, details, strategy, plans

High Street Pharmacies Could Pose Real Threat To GP Profits.

Artist:
Fran
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forn1962
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2000x2177 pixels (unwatermarked)
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nhs, national health service, health reform, health reforms, medical reform, medical reforms, government interference, political interference, cutback, nhs funding, cutbacks, privatisation, privatization, gp, gps, profit, profits, threat, threats, pharmacy, pharmaceuticals

'Put him on a high dose of 'value for money' and cut out the 'panic about privatisation' for a while.'

Artist:
Fran
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forn1879
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2000x1542 pixels (unwatermarked)
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health reform, health reforms, medical reform, medical reforms, nhs, national health service, government interference, political interference, gp, gps, doctor, doctors, privatisation, privatization, privatising, taxpayer, taxpayers, tax, taxes, tax payer, tax payers

DOH to judge practices on 'voluntary' quality scheme.

Artist:
Fran
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forn1789
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2000x2171 pixels (unwatermarked)
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nhs, national health service, health reform, health reforms, medical reform, medical reforms, health care, healthcare, quality scheme, quality schemes, volunteer, volunteers, volunteering, voluntary, doh, department of health, political interference

The rising cost of health care (shown by the rising cost of prescription drugs)

Artist:
Madden, Chris
Search ID:
cman345
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2296x1868 pixels (unwatermarked)
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health reform, health reforms, medical reform, medical reforms, nhs, national health service, government interference, political interference, gp, gps, doctor, doctors, budget, budgets, cut, cuts, health cost, nhs funding, medical insurance, health insurance, medicare

'Freedom means you get to swim out there without expecting a nanny state to come running everytime you see a shark or two...ok...five, six...whatever...'

Artist:
Miller, Wiley
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wmi100910
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1900x2140 pixels (unwatermarked)
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laissez-faire, laissez faire, nanny state, nanny states, shark, sharks, beach, beaches, welfare state, benefits, attack, attacks, lifeguard, lifeguards, life guard, life guards, government interference, political involvement, political interference, non sequitur