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A complex organisation working in a complex and highly politically charged system like health is bound to expereince problems. Hanging a chief executive out to dry when things don't work out every time is a crazy mentality. So long as such post holders have not deliberately deceived and they demonstrate the capacity to learn from less-than-prefect preformance, we should encourage people to keep these jobs. There are many good and capable people out there who won't go near this sort of role so we had better be careful or we'll run out. I'm not a chief exec and I don't know CB but I have some experience of working at a senior level in a regulating body and it felt like a virtually impossible job.