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Be careful what you wish for. Lots of comments here about the wider service, specific organisational bullying and care failures. Fair enough, great that everybody gets to have their say even if, for a huge variety of reasons, we choose to do this anon. But, ask yourself what happens next? If he goes, and there is a power struggle at the top, at this key and crucial time - who replaces him? Will they be any better? Could they be worse? Mid Staffs, Winterbourne et al will continue, but not because of one or two or even a dozen leadership bods. They will continue until people managing the system (and I'm guessing thats a lot of us typing/commenting here) actually get a grip and challenge, hold to account and change the system. If we're not prepared to do that - do we really have the right to snipe to the degree we are? There is a tremendous amount of work to do. Lets concentrate on doing that, with strong leadership at all levels, which, sometimes needs a degree of grip and control, something sadly lacking at Mid Staffs.