Court dismisses application by nurse convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven moreNurse Lucy Letby has been refused permission to appeal against a conviction for attempting to murder a baby girl at the...
Read MoreInquiry into murder of babies at the Countess of Chester hospital hears about newborn girl fitted with stomaThe parents of an extremely vulnerable newborn girl have said they were disgusted to find her “covered in her own...
Read MoreInquiry into Chester hospital’s neonatal unit also told inspectors ignored ‘serious patient safety concerns’Junior doctors were referring to Lucy Letby as “Nurse Death” as early as 2016, two years...
Read MoreThirlwall inquiry hears senior paediatricians said Letby should not have continued access to patients but the hospital did not actLady Justice Thirlwall has told the Thirlwall inquiry that she expects to publish her final report...
Read MoreLady Justice Thirlwall has opened the inquiry into events at Countess of Chester hospital’s neonatal unitLady Justice Thirlwall has told the Thirlwall inquiry that she expects to publish her final report in the autumn of...
Read MoreFormer neonatal nurse is convicted in retrial after jury in original trial last year was unable to reach verdictLucy Letby has been found guilty of trying to kill a two-hour-old baby girl on the hospital ward where she murdered...
Read MoreFormer nurse found guilty of murdering seven infants files bid to challenge her convictionThe child serial killer and former nurse Lucy Letby has formally filed a bid to challenge her conviction at the court of appeal, officials...
Read MoreMinisters agree to give inquiry full statutory powers after families criticised current investigationThe inquiry into how Lucy Letby was able to murder seven babies will now be able to force witnesses to give evidence.Ministers...
Read MoreExclusive: Ombudsman Rob Behrens hits out at ‘unacceptable attitudes to whistleblowing ’ and calls for urgent changeMore babies will be harmed unless “systemic changes” are made to end the...
Read MoreMinisters initially ignored calls by victims’ families for inquiry that would be able to force witnesses to give evidenceRelatives of Lucy Letby’s victims have welcomed the clearest indication yet that ministers will...
Read MoreExclusive: Former Countess of Chester CEO says senior figures at hospital failed to disclose key informationFamilies of Lucy Letby’s victims were treated “appallingly” by hospital executives who failed to...
Read MoreExclusive: after newborn son was murdered, family say repeated calls to Countess of Chester’s medical director were unansweredDemands for a statutory inquiry into the Lucy Letby murders have intensified after a bereaved...
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