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As someone who has never worked in the NHS but given years to health based charitable work to improve the health of others it is obvious David Nicholson can not remain in his post, unless the Treasury is responsible for the appointment to The Commissioner!

I fail to understand how a figure of need is calculated for the NHS, the service is falling apart, hundreds of people have died who needed care and yet billions are returned to the Treasury "Have this back we do not need it"!

There can be reasons good and bad for being the blue eyed boy, but this repayment will count for nothing if the right decision is made and David Nicholson is asked to step down....that is how they politely word it....oh yes and thank him for his input! Just think of Libya and Egypt if you lose your support.....well

Living as I do in the area of South London Healthcare NHS Trust it is difficult to see what we have to be grateful for I might add.

I personally suffered for three years under David Nicholson in a charity case which ended in the HIgh Court a Judicial Review application which after three years the SLHNHS Trust having spent over £300k caved in on the eve of a three day hearing.It was clear from evidence obtained under FoI it went right to the top.

Nobody should suffer as so many have done , many losing people dear to them and the guy running the show carries on in the same belief only I can do this.

I tire reading of the same old cast Antony Sumara, Mike Marchmant, Darren Cattell, etc etc they all made my life very difficult. Perhaps this is another group whom nobody else can do the job......they could for less !

Having( pro bono )top lawyers, QC and charity law barrister we won our case and today the centre is wonderful www.primrosecentre.org.uk.

At one stage having to call on the Charity Commissioners to step in as the trust had used £34k of our charitable funds to pay their lawyers is not good. They had to repay it.

Paid to manage
Fail you are out

There may well be less fear and more openness as a result

If the Secretary of State needs to know how the public feel I can make myself available!

I would love an apology from David Nicholson and by the way I would still like the FoI request of 2009 and 2010 agreed to better late than never! and lets hope I am not called worse than Primrose Bore as defined in FOI from NHS London ...all 600 pages!

I doubt the SoS will need any input from me but could he also look again at the case of John Watkinson --a travisty of justice.. even a condemned prisoner can ask for his case to be reviewed ....maybe we should wait until David Nicholsons successor is in place for progress on that one.

A great CEO, hugely wronged, come back Bromley needs you!