Political Interference Cartoons and Comics

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

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

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

Focussing on what's REALLY important

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

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

'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.'

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

Regulators Claim Practices Are Overloaded With Patient Surveys.

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

Performance management

'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?'

NHS targets

'Which way up would you like it?'

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

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

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

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

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

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

High Street Pharmacies Could Pose Real Threat To GP Profits.

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

DOH to judge practices on 'voluntary' quality scheme.

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

Uncle Sam's Cousin Ivan Fills In After His Mysterious Suicide