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Normally sensible, but this time your leader is well wide of the mark.

Who has a reputation for "grip" greater than David Nicholson? Who was in charge of the system when Mid Staffs was silently going belly up?

Your leader might just as well have asked why it is that the perception of the prevailing reource levels in London are high enough to think that there will not be another Mid Staffs there (not the question you asked, I know, but how people interpret questions and then frame their replies are not necessarily what was envisaged when the question was asked).

Everyone knows that London swallows a dosproportionate amount of resource compared to its population, maybe this had something to do with the answers.

Final point: for FTs, are you really saying that Monitor's approach is different with London hospitals?