All articles by Your Humble Servant – Page 5

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    Your Humble Servant goes Christmas shopping

    2007-12-20T09:00:00Z

    I hadn't noticed personal shopper in my list of duties on my job description, but am happy to report that I have been able to get all the presents from you for the people on your list.

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    Your Humble Servant: a glimpse of the future NHS

    2007-12-06T09:00:00Z

    The strangest thing happened to me during my recent MRI scan. Some sort of power surge occurred and the magnets went berserk. I don't really understand the physics, but the upshot was that time folded and I slipped through a vortex in time and space to find myself in 2068.

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    Your Humble Servant: world class commissioning

    2007-11-22T09:00:00Z

    World class commissioning, world class commissioning, world class commissioning, commission de classe du monde, world class commissioning, world class commissioning, world class commissioning, world class commissioning.

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    Your Humble Servant on the annual health check ratings

    2007-11-08T09:00:00Z

    We are all terribly proud of the huge improvement we have achieved in the annual health check under your leadership. The fair and fair rating shows just how far we have come in five years. Surely the next stop is foundation trust status?

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    Your Humble Servant: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells

    2007-10-25T09:00:00Z

    Whoever said the British had no stomach for public executions? Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust has demonstrated just how popular they can be.

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    Your Humble Servant: the dreaded healthcheck

    2007-10-11T09:00:00Z

    It's that time of year again when we all have our excuses ready to explain away the annual healthcheck. The Healthcare Commission team are practising their best po faces by seeing who can best disguise any sign of pleasure while having a butt plug pushed to the max.

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    Your Humble Servant on nurses and news from planet Monitor

    2007-09-26T00:00:00Z

    The Department of Health’s main drive is to get the nurses not to be so grotty, while on planet Monitor they are celebrating a multi-million-pound foundation trust surplus.

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    Your Humble Servant: do as I say

    2007-09-20T00:00:00Z

    To: Don Wise, chief executiveFrom: Paul Servant, assistant chief executiveRe: Do as I say not as I doDear DonI gather your fact-finding summer visit to South Africa with Mrs Wise and the children went well. Your thoughts on ambulance response times on safari have given our colleagues down there much ...

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    Your Humble Servant: Hamish Meldrum on the GP stall

    2007-09-13T00:00:00Z

    To Don Wise, chief executiveFrom: Paul Servant, assistant chief executiveRe: In my back yardDear DonIt was healthcare market day in the high street yesterday so I decided to pop down and see if there were any bargains to be had.As I arrived, there was Hamish Meldrum on the GP stall.Hamish ...

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    Your Humble Servant: The Darzi Ultimatum

    2007-08-31T00:00:00Z

    ‘I know the director of nursing was impressed that you poked her’

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    Your Humble Servant: the Confed conference

    2007-06-21T00:00:00Z

    'The highlight will of course be Nigel and Gill doing the I'm More Important Than You foxtrot'

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    Your Humble Servant: grand theft NHS

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Dear Don‘Bullies who threaten NHS staff will be shown the red card’ press release from the DoH finally confirms what we have suspected since February.