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NHS 70th anniversary cartoon


The National Health Service is 70 today. Here's a cartoon I drew for Nursing Standard.

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Labels: 70 years of the NHS, health, health cartoons, healthcare, medical cartoons, National Health Service, NHS, NHS70, nursing, Nursing Standard magazine
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