Cally Bann
CommentCally Bann: putting the record straight
It is only fair that a victim of misinterpretation and misrepresentation gets to clarify their comments.
CommentCally Bann: is the healthcare landscape a thriller, a tragedy or a farce?
So as the summer breezes blows through the ever-greying tresses of the post-pause ministerial locks, what does the landscape around us foretell ofthe autumn and winter to come?
CommentCally Bann: the Big Society's 'Big Listen'
I have my doubts whether this period of political deflection, that is, reflection, will bring changes of any substance to the NHS reforms.
CommentCally Bann: is life imitating art in La La land?
La La’s Teletubby house has many potential uses: as long as they remain over the hills and far far away.
Comment'Management conspiracy requires management intelligence, and I'm not talking data'
So as we enter 2011, chief operating officer Lansley continues to command the full support of the board and old-Etonian co-owners Cameron and Letwin, a level of support comparable to that enjoyed by a Hodgson-Grant-Ancelotti-Houllier hydra.
Comment'All a bit anodyne these days, what with partnership this and partnership that'
Lansley the Leveller should be saying his prayers, according to the joshing banter and bonhomie around our Joint Consultative Committee table.
CommentCally Bann: the white paper
So the end of term madness has fully descended, with fuel added to the annual pre-vacation fire by the wind of change blowing from the bottom of the white paper.
CommentCally Bann: GPs are the masters of our destiny
Now we know. GPs are the masters of our destiny, but not until they are ready, which is sometime between lunchtime tomorrow and 2017. So, best not let the grass grow. Time to get the GP preparedness plan out the drawer.
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Cally Bann: 'Remember it’s not over until the fat vuvuzela’s blown'
Yes, I want to win the bid to run the community health services. I know there are a few more stages to go. And I know we looked good on paper, and thought that we’d taken our best team to the pitch. And yes, I know the one about the ...
CommentCally Bann: Volunteers and Friends
So they’ve debated, they’ve negotiated, they’ve coalesced and they’ve agreed.
CommentCally Bann: it's going to be crap and we're all in it together
So now we know. From the bellowing pomposity at High and Mighty Hall, through the bemused gentlefolk of Meek and Mild Manor to the elitist piety at Pool and Field Palace our glorious NHS has spoken: it’s going to be crap and we’re all in it together.
CommentCally Bann: NHS manager bashing
Will I be glad when it’s all over… Letting it be known that you’re the chief executive of the local hospital has always had the proclivity to silence the most genteel of dinner parties, or to quell the cacophony at the most boisterous of pubs.
CommentCally Bann: the election
So it’s looking like 6 May, with purdah not falling a second too soon.
CommentCally Bann: SHA Winter Olympic Cover Your Back Executive Director Pentathlon
Spring is sprung, the grass is riz, I wonder where the birdies is… all learning how to ski and snowboard if our emergency department activity is anything to go by. Throw in the removal of the winter covers from the back-garden trampolines and collective amnesia about putting the safety netting ...
CommentCally Bann: funding gap
Call me old fashioned, but if you ask me, the difference between 240 and 260 is 20. Which is what I call a gap.
CommentCally Bann: public health nightmare
Not long to go until February, thank God. The tension created by the last flicks of those New Year resolution scorpion tails is intolerable.
CommentCally Bann: bah humbug
Now I’m no Scrooge, and the words bah and humbug have never once crossed my lips, if you ignore that time in 1986 when I got caught under the A&E mistletoe by a lothario of the Superbrew. But - looking back in the cold light of January - never again ...