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
Refusal to sack NHS boss branded 'disgraceful'
A man has walked out of the NHS Commissioning Board meeting in disgust after hearing that Sir David Nicholson would not be sacked in the wake of the Stafford Hospital scandal.
Gerald Badley, 74, has told ITV News the board's backing of Sir David, who has also refused to resign, was "disgraceful".
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