Have let families know that in 28 days, or perhaps sooner, they will decide on whether to progress to a retrial to look at some of the cases where the jury were not able to decide upon. I think we will have to wait for that. 0bviously, decide upon. I think we will have to wait for that. Obviously, we have touched upon the fact that there is now a wider review into lucy letby s footprint, during her whole time working at Liverpool Womens and potentially early at the Countess Of Chester, so we are not clear at the moment as to where the next stage of the investigation might lead to. Dan, thank you, dan 0donoghue, who has been following this trial through out. We are bringing you all of the reaction here on bbc news. A statement hasjust been of the reaction here on bbc news. A statement has just been released by the health and social care secretary on the announcement of an inquiry, an independent inquiry that the government has said will take place, focusing on lucy letby s conduct and o
Concerns for months about letby but that senior managers ignored them and protected lucy letby. Our social Affairs Correspondent Michael Buchanan has this exclusive report. This is the story of an nhs trust that didnt properly investigate why 13 babies died in a one year period. Instead, it turned against the very people who wanted the police to examine the deaths. There is only one Serial Killer of babies that has worked in that organisation, and the Executive Team were not the people who were responsible for the deaths of those babies. But they had some opportunities to get to the bottom of what was happening. Susan gilbeyjoined The Countess Of Chester Nhs Trust A Month after lucy letby was arrested. Within two months, she was made Chief Executive, a post she held until last december. Through documents and speaking to staff, she learned what the trust knew about the Serial Killer. The first three babies died injune 2015. The Executive Team held a meeting at which it was agreed that a
Meeting was held. The medical director, ian harvey, gave a verbal report. He said external reviews had not highlighted any individual as being linked to the deaths and that the trust was ready to draw a line under the issues. The chief executive, tony chambers, said hed met lucy letby and her parents to apologise for what had happened. A statement Written By Letby was read out detailing how hard the past few months had been for her. The meeting decided lucy letby would return to the Neonatal Unit after the paediatricians had written a Letter Apologising to her. This is the letter they sent lucy letby, signed by all seven of the paediatricians in the unit. Against their wishes, they apologised for any inappropriate comments that may have been made, going on to say, we are very sorry for the stress and upset you have experienced in the last year. Though the paediatricians feared being reported to the regulator, they kept going, pressurising executives to call the police, something the tr
And doctors are life savers. They are incredible. And we heard a lot in the trial about thinking the unthinkable. And, you know, no one wanted to think that this could be possible, as you heard there in the clip from the father. How could a nurse on a ward do Something Like this . And i think, you know, the manipulation, the fact that she altered records, she was clever, she was calculating, and she pulled the wool over the eyes of her colleagues who did not think everfor a minute that she was responsible. You know, it started with her being an association. She was in the room. She was around a lot. And that raised concerns. But, you know, i dont think anyone actually thought a nurse was operating in plain sight on a ward and in fact, using the most innocuous of materials milk, air, saline, to attack and kill the babies that shes looking after. Tell us a little more, caroline, about what we learned about lucy letby during this trial, because, of course, there was focus on her social me
Unexpected and unexplained, lucy letby is there. Police are now reviewing the admissions of 4,000 babies at hospitals where lucy letby worked. Our other main stories tonight. Surrey Police Investigating the death of ten year old sara sharif want to question her father, his partner, and her uncle. Ijust hope its going to be an incredible game, and of course i have a very. Preference who wants to win. And the lionesses head coach, Sarina Wiegman, talks to the bbc ahead of sundays World Cup Final against spain. 0n newsnight at 10. 30pm. How did lucy letby cause so many deaths . As the most prolific non child killer in modern uk history is found guilty of murdering seven babies, we ask why was she not stopped earlier . Hello and welcome to the bbc news at ten. The nurse lucy letby has been found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others when they were in her care at a hospital in cheshire, making the 33 year old the uks worst child killer in modern times. In a stat