Lucy Letby Inquiry Examines Hospital's Handling of Baby Deaths
Public inquiry explores how concerns about neonatal nurse's actions were managed at Countess of Chester Hospital.
- Concerns about a spike in baby deaths were not escalated to hospital board level until after Lucy Letby's year-long attack spree ended.
- Consultant paediatricians had urged executives to move Letby out of the neonatal unit for patient safety reasons as early as June 2016.
- Hospital executives were more focused on potential reputational damage than on the safety of babies, according to inquiry testimony.
- Letby was welcomed back to the ward with a 'tea party' in February 2017, despite ongoing concerns and an ongoing review.
- The inquiry will investigate why police were not called until May 2017 and why previous warnings were not acted upon more swiftly.
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