Under fire NHS boss: 'I won't go'
NHS boss Sir David Nicholson has said he will not quit as he headed to a meeting of the board which has the power to sack him over the failings at Stafford Hospital.
- Rupert Evelyn - ITV News Midlands Correspondent
NHS boss strongly backed by health service leaders
NHS boss Sir David Nicholson has been strongly backed by leaders of the health service's Commissioning Board.
Commission chair Professor Malcolm Grant said he has been "deeply worried" by the recent public criticism of Mr Nicholson and said the board remained "committed to him".
He said there had been a search for "accountability and a focus on David Nicholson" in the wake of the Francis Report into failings at Stafford Hospital.
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