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Before the NHS was launched, the [[British Medical Association]] were opposed to the idea of doctors becoming state employees on fixed salaries.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://peopleshistorynhs.org/encyclopaedia/the-british-medical-association/|title=British Medical Association|newspaper=People's History of the NHS|access-date=2016-11-22}}</ref> Cartoonists made their opinions about this conflict known. [[David Low (cartoonist)|David Low]], a famous cartoonist, published a cartoon in the ''Evening Standard'' on the 14 December 1944 showing Charles Hill, BMA Secretary, being examined by a doctor. The doctor states, 'Don't be alarmed. Whatever's the trouble, you're not going to die from enlargement of the social conscience.'<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archives.cartoons.ac.uk/GetMultimedia.ashx?db=Catalog&type=default&fname=LSE1173.jpg|title=|last=Low|first=David|date=14 December 1944|website=British Cartoon Archive|publisher=|access-date=22 November 2016}}</ref> Cartoons also showed how people responded to the NHS being free at the point of access. One cartoon, published in 1951 by Antonia Yeoman, portrayed women in a doctor's waiting room, one of whom stated that she had seen eighteen doctors and seven psychiatrists. Eventually, she had been diagnosed with a 'deep-seated guilt about getting things free from the National Health Service.'<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://punch.photoshelter.com/image/I0000hgxNAHl2ASo|title=Punch Cartoons by Anton {{!}} PUNCH Magazine Cartoon Archive|website=punch.photoshelter.com|access-date=2016-11-22}}</ref> |
Before the NHS was launched, the [[British Medical Association]] were opposed to the idea of doctors becoming state employees on fixed salaries.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://peopleshistorynhs.org/encyclopaedia/the-british-medical-association/|title=British Medical Association|newspaper=People's History of the NHS|access-date=2016-11-22}}</ref> Cartoonists made their opinions about this conflict known. [[David Low (cartoonist)|David Low]], a famous cartoonist, published a cartoon in the ''Evening Standard'' on the 14 December 1944 showing Charles Hill, BMA Secretary, being examined by a doctor. The doctor states, 'Don't be alarmed. Whatever's the trouble, you're not going to die from enlargement of the social conscience.'<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archives.cartoons.ac.uk/GetMultimedia.ashx?db=Catalog&type=default&fname=LSE1173.jpg|title=|last=Low|first=David|date=14 December 1944|website=British Cartoon Archive|publisher=|access-date=22 November 2016}}</ref> Cartoons also showed how people responded to the NHS being free at the point of access. One cartoon, published in 1951 by Antonia Yeoman, portrayed women in a doctor's waiting room, one of whom stated that she had seen eighteen doctors and seven psychiatrists. Eventually, she had been diagnosed with a 'deep-seated guilt about getting things free from the National Health Service.'<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://punch.photoshelter.com/image/I0000hgxNAHl2ASo|title=Punch Cartoons by Anton {{!}} PUNCH Magazine Cartoon Archive|website=punch.photoshelter.com|access-date=2016-11-22}}</ref> |
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From the 1960s, cartoons were also used to criticise government policies about the NHS. In December 1960, cartoonist [[Victor Weisz]] drew an image for the ''Evening Standard'' showing Minister for Health [[Enoch Powell]] as a surgeon covered in blood, accusing him of making too many cuts to the NHS.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archives.cartoons.ac.uk/GetMultimedia.ashx?db=Catalog&type=default&fname=VY1756.jpg|title=National Health Service: Operating Theatre|last=Weisz|first=Victor|date=5 December 1960|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> For the ''Daily Mail'' in 1968, [[John Musgrave-Wood]] |
From the 1960s, cartoons were also used to criticise government policies about the NHS. In December 1960, cartoonist [[Victor Weisz]] drew an image for the ''Evening Standard'' showing Minister for Health [[Enoch Powell]] as a surgeon covered in blood, accusing him of making too many cuts to the NHS.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archives.cartoons.ac.uk/GetMultimedia.ashx?db=Catalog&type=default&fname=VY1756.jpg|title=National Health Service: Operating Theatre|last=Weisz|first=Victor|date=5 December 1960|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> For the ''Daily Mail'' in 1968, [[John Musgrave-Wood]] drew a man to portray the NHS, who was wearing a dunce's cap and being fed 'Defence Cuts'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.cartoons.ac.uk/GetMultimedia.ashx?db=Catalog&type=default&fname=12734.jpg|title=The Hypochondriac|last=Musgrave-Wood|first=John|date=9 January 1968|website=British Cartoon Archive|publisher=|access-date=22 November 1968}}</ref> The cartoonist [[Carl Giles]], who often drew for the ''Daily Express'', was very interested in drawing NHS hospitals, and particularly nurses. Historian Jack Saunders has argued that Giles' presentation shifted from presenting nurses from 'caring and sexualised' to 'bolshie and assertive'. |
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Comedy
Comedy films, books, and cartoons have been produced about the NHS. These have shaped as well as reflected how people think about this institution.[1]
Cartoons
Before the NHS was launched, the British Medical Association were opposed to the idea of doctors becoming state employees on fixed salaries.[2] Cartoonists made their opinions about this conflict known. David Low, a famous cartoonist, published a cartoon in the Evening Standard on the 14 December 1944 showing Charles Hill, BMA Secretary, being examined by a doctor. The doctor states, 'Don't be alarmed. Whatever's the trouble, you're not going to die from enlargement of the social conscience.'[3] Cartoons also showed how people responded to the NHS being free at the point of access. One cartoon, published in 1951 by Antonia Yeoman, portrayed women in a doctor's waiting room, one of whom stated that she had seen eighteen doctors and seven psychiatrists. Eventually, she had been diagnosed with a 'deep-seated guilt about getting things free from the National Health Service.'[4]
From the 1960s, cartoons were also used to criticise government policies about the NHS. In December 1960, cartoonist Victor Weisz drew an image for the Evening Standard showing Minister for Health Enoch Powell as a surgeon covered in blood, accusing him of making too many cuts to the NHS.[5] For the Daily Mail in 1968, John Musgrave-Wood drew a man to portray the NHS, who was wearing a dunce's cap and being fed 'Defence Cuts'.[6] The cartoonist Carl Giles, who often drew for the Daily Express, was very interested in drawing NHS hospitals, and particularly nurses. Historian Jack Saunders has argued that Giles' presentation shifted from presenting nurses from 'caring and sexualised' to 'bolshie and assertive'.
Satire
Films
- ^ Crane, Jenny (10 November 2016). "'Humour and the NHS: Is 'laughter the best medicine'? Is NHS policy a 'sick joke'?". peopleshistorynhs.org. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ "British Medical Association". People's History of the NHS. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
- ^ Low, David (14 December 1944). British Cartoon Archive http://archives.cartoons.ac.uk/GetMultimedia.ashx?db=Catalog&type=default&fname=LSE1173.jpg. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
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- ^ Weisz, Victor (5 December 1960). "National Health Service: Operating Theatre".
- ^ Musgrave-Wood, John (9 January 1968). "The Hypochondriac". British Cartoon Archive. Retrieved 22 November 1968.
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