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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 service.
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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