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Lucy Letby: child murder case highlights need to regulate managers and improve whistleblowing procedures

The recent conviction of Lucy Letby, the neonatal nurse who murdered seven infants and attempted to murder six others while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital between 2015-2016, has raised fundamental questions about how something like this could have happened – and why it took so long to stop…

The Conversation

A Lucy Letby inquiry must answer this: why was she seen as a victim, not a killer?

Blinded by the nurse’s supposed ‘vulnerability’, the hospital rounded on doctors raising concerns, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

NHS bosses who ignored my warning must be held to account, Lucy Letby whistleblower says

Medics said that NHS managers should be regulated in a similar way to doctors and nurses.

The Independent UK

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‘I’m not a hero, I was just doing my job’, says consultant who helped catch killer nurse Lucy Letby

Dr Ravi Jayaram raised concerns about Letby to management at the Countess of Chester Hospital

Evening Standard

Former nursing chief ‘wasn’t given enough information to remove Lucy Letby’

Karen Rees said she did not have enough information to justify removing the killer nurse from the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit.

The Independent UK

Whistleblowers ‘treated like the problem’ – doctors’ union calls for reform

Numerous staff raised concerns about the actions of killer Lucy Letby for months before police were eventually called.

The Independent UK

Families of Lucy Letby’s victims demand full public inquiry into serial killer nurse

One of the doctors instrumental in finally stopping Letby’s heinous campaign demanded NHS bosses be forced to ‘acknowledge that their actions potentially facilitated a mass-murderer’

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Babies could have been saved if hospital acted sooner, consultants say

Dr Stephen Brearey and Dr Ravi Jayaram, who worked on the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital, raised concerns about Letby in 2015.

The Independent UK

Consultants told to apologise to Lucy Letby for raising concerns, court told

Lucy Letby registered a grievance against her employers in 2016 after she was redeployed from the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit

Evening Standard

Consultants were told to apologise to nurse for raising concerns, court told

Lucy Letby registered a grievance against her employers in 2016 after she was redeployed from the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit.

The Independent UK

Parents call for public inquiry into hospital response to Lucy Letby fears

The nurse attacked their newborn sons on the same day shift in April 2016.

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby searched Facebook for baby's surname two years after death

Lucy Letby was first arrested in July 2018 on suspicion of attacking infants in her care

Liverpool Echo

Lucy Letby tells court ‘killing babies’ was not on her mind before holiday

Nurse says she was looking forward to Ibiza trip at time she is alleged to have attempted to murder a baby boy

The Guardian - UK

Killing babies was not on my mind, murder accused nurse tells jury

Lucy Letby denies murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 others on a neonatal unit between June 2015 and June 2016.

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The Independent UK

Lucy Letby: Murder-accused nurse tells court she was in a different nursery when baby collapsed

Lucy Letby takes the stand at Manchester Crown Court and denies dislodging baby’s breathing tube

The Independent UK

Doctor ‘wishes he had gone to police over nurse Lucy Letby baby collapse concerns’

Letby is accused of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 others at the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016

Liverpool Echo

Doctor 'wished' he had 'gone straight to police' over Lucy Letby

Letby is accused of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10

Evening Standard

Lucy Letby murder trial: Doctor ‘wishes he had gone straight to police over concerns’

Letby is accused of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 others at the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016

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The Independent UK

Doctor ‘wishes he had gone straight to police over Lucy Letby concerns’

Letby is accused of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 others at the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016.

The Guardian - UK

Doctors pressured ‘not to make a fuss’, trial of nurse accused of killing babies hears

Consultant says that concerns were raised over Lucy Letby eight months before she was taken off frontline duties

The Independent UK

Doctor ‘felt uncomfortable at thought of Lucy Letby being alone with baby girl’

Letby, 33, is accused of murdering seven babies and trying to kill 10 others.

The Independent UK

Nurse ‘tried to murder hours-old baby by dislodging breathing tube’

Lucy Letby accused of dislodging youngster’s breathing tube moments before consultant walked in room

Evening Standard

Lucy Letby trial: Nurse ‘tried to murder baby within two hours of her birth’

Lucy Letby is said to have deliberately dislodged the youngster’s breathing tube just moments before a consultant walked into the nursery room

The Independent UK

Nurse ‘tried to murder baby within two hours of her birth’, Letby trial hears

Lucy Letby is said to have deliberately dislodged the youngster’s breathing tube just moments before a consultant walked into the nursery room.

Liverpool Echo

'Inexplicable events' led to Lucy Letby's murder arrest

The nurse, 33, is accused of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 others

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