Isabel Hardman Isabel Hardman

Being squeamish about the NHS won’t stop another Stafford Hospital

Should heads roll over the Mid Staffordshire Hospitals Trust scandal? I ask only because as I listened to Mark Carney giving evidence to the Treasury Select Committee for several hours this morning, I found myself browsing through a number of articles on this site and others about the Libor scandal. Back in those heady days of George Osborne accusing Ed Balls of having questions to answer, and Bob Diamond resigning from Barclays ahead of his appearance before the same select committee, people were very keen for heads to roll, and not just those sitting on bankers’ necks. They were also keen that those who performed badly when questioned about their suspicions of Libor fixing didn’t rise to higher positions, with Paul Tucker watching his own shot at the job Carney has now won slipping away.

Quite unsurprisingly in the circumstances, the relatives whose campaigning brought matters to a head do want Sir David Nicholson to resign as NHS chief executive.

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