An element of mystery infiltrates the Save Bart's Apostrophe campaign as it enters its fourth week. Monitor duly put the case for the restoration of our beloved apostrophe to Barts (sic) and the London trust only to have spokesman Rory Taylor come back with the claim: 'St Bartholomews never had an apostrophe.'

This is baffling, not least as our picture clearly shows a rather large one on the side of the building, but Mr Taylor is adamant. 'Of course, ' he concedes, 'apostrophes do end up all over the place.' And he even holds out hope that now it has been saved as a centre of excellence the hospital may establish a specialist unit dealing with Greengrocer's Disease. Monitor will be seeking expert linguistic advice on the historical use of the apostrophe since Bart's was founded by court jester Rahere in 1123.

Meanwhile, Monitor is disturbed to hear of schisms within our ranks.

Apparently the Save Bart's Campaign and the Bart's Patients' Support Group are not one and the same organisation as Monitor had supposed. They split when Dobbo announced that he had 'saved' the hospital, with the BPSG taking him at his word and the hardline SBC demanding the return of the A&E and all the rest. Should either faction spawn an armed wing, Monitor will be first to pass on the news.

Still, if you find the reality of health service management all a bit much, it will be possible this autumn to take refuge in fiction. A nice young researcher from Radio 4 has been in touch to find out what really goes on in the boardroom. Apparently they are planning a 15-minute drama to run at the end of Wom an's Ho u r during September, and are particularly interested in the relationship between chairs and chief executives. Monitor advised a close reading of Gadfly.

Nipping back to jesters for a moment, Monitor must congratulate young Dr Liam Fox, Dobbo's Tory shadow, on his perceptive early-day motion calling for a pay cut for Scottish MPs since they now have fewer responsibilities. What a joker.

Finally, Monitor is eternally grateful to both James Orotayo and Hugh Barnett for pointing out that, due to a flaw in the space-time continuum, WebWatch got its Star Trek doctors in a twist (page 18, 15 July). Yes, OK, Dr Crusher was in Next Generation , not Voyager. The culprit has been fed into the warp drive.