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Nottingham NHS maternity review head sends condolences to Lucy Letby’s victims

Donna Ockenden said she does not think it’s helpful to compare Letby’s crimes to the failings in Nottingham.

The Independent UK

Whistleblowers sacked by NHS fear no change after Lucy Letby case

Two consultants and a junior doctor expect case will make no difference to their separate claims for unfair dismissal

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - I lost my baby girl, so I know Lucy Letby’s victims need to see justice done

It’s strange how these things affect you. After my second child Zola died last spring, shortly after being born, my wife and I went through absolute hell. Grief will tear you apart — as Joy Division might have put it.

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Thursday briefing: What we learned from the foreign secretary’s trip to China

In today’s newsletter: The UK foreign secretary met senior Chinese officials for talks in Beijing – was there anything to gain?

The Guardian - UK

Access and attention: why serial killers like Lucy Letby often work in healthcare

British nurse Lucy Letby was last week sentenced to life in prison for murdering seven infants in her care, and attempting to murder a further six.

The Conversation

Lucy Letby: Why is a statutory inquiry so important?

One of the main advantages of a statutory inquiry is that witnesses can be made to give evidence under oath

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby inquiry: how do statutory and non-statutory inquiries differ?

As health secretary announces public inquiry will be statutory, we look at what this means in practice

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Lucy Letby case: Why is a statutory inquiry so important?

One of the main advantages of a statutory inquiry over a non-statutory inquiry is that witnesses can be compelled to give evidence under oath.

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby inquiry upgraded to statutory probe to compel witnesses to give evidence under oath

The statutory inquiry will look at the circumstances surrounding the murders and attempted murders committed by the serial killer nurse

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby inquiry will be upgraded to statutory, Health Secretary confirms

The move to a statutory footing grants the inquiry legal powers to compel witnesses.

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby inquiry will have power to force witnesses to give evidence

Ministers agree to give inquiry full statutory powers after families criticised current investigation

The Guardian - UK

Lucy Letby: Inquiry into baby killing nurse to be strengthened, says health secretary

Letby, a neonatal nurse, is the worst mass killer of children in modern British history

Evening Standard

Criminals will be forced into dock to face justice after Lucy Letby took ‘coward’s way out’

Laws are being rolled out in wake of serial killer’s conviction for murdering seven babies and attempted murder of six others

The Independent UK

Couple who considered making Lucy Letby their son’s godmother now believe she was trying to kill him

The killer nurse tried to befriend the baby’s mother on Facebook

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Lucy Letby witness reveals moment she realised someone was harming babies heard screaming in pain

Dr Sandie Bohin said it is “unheard of” for premature babies to scream for 30 minutes

The Guardian - UK

Labour vows to make NHS managers accountable after Lucy Letby failings

Shadow health secretary says bank managers are more regulated than hospital executives

The Guardian - UK

Lucy Letby case ‘only too familiar’, says father bereaved in Morecambe Bay maternity scandal

James Titcombe, whose son Joshua died 15 years ago, warns that there are patterns that must not be repeated

The Guardian - UK

Lucy Letby case: more babies face harm unless NHS ends ‘defensive leadership’

Exclusive: Ombudsman Rob Behrens hits out at ‘unacceptable attitudes to whistleblowing’ and calls for urgent change

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The Independent UK

Friends and colleagues of murderer Lucy Letby insist baby killing nurse is innocent

One friend said the conviction was the ‘most out-of-character accusation’ against Letby, who was found guilty of multiple murders and attempted murders

The Independent UK

Britain’s most notorious whole life killers as Sunak plans to make UK’s toughest sentence mandatory

Ministry of Justice confirmed 70 criminals are currently serving a whole-life order in UK

The Independent UK

What the papers say – August 27

A variety of stories feature across the front of the UK’s newspapers.

The Hindu

Explained | What is the care protocol for babies in India?

Read on The Hindu, what is the care protocol for babies in India?

The Guardian - UK

Ministers plan to expand whole-life sentences for ‘most horrific’ murderers

Currently rare prison orders with little chance of parole would become default for worst offenders under MoJ proposals

The Independent UK

Chilling warning that scandals across NHS will be covered up as staff say whistleblowers are ignored

In wake of missed chances to catch killer nurse Lucy Letby, figures show doctors and nurses’ widespread concerns about sounding the alarm

The Independent UK

How true crime obsessives convinced Lucy Letby was innocent ‘broke reporting restrictions’

In echoes of the attention given to the Nicola Bulley case, online sleuths took a keen interest in the Lucy Letby trial

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