She was using her, as it was described today, weaponising her craft, using things like overfeeding a milk and liquids to kill babies she was looking after. This is been depressing for everybody involved but none more so than for those families of the babies who not only lost their children in the most traumatic of circumstances, but have had to relive after the worst days of their lives again here in this courtroom. And one of the first reactions that we heard to this verdict today was the statement that was read out on behalf of those families. Now the identities of the children, the babies involved, has been protected throughout. The in a deep, too, of theirfamilies, their parents and their siblings its what we heard was the family Liaison Officer who is being so closely involved with supporting all of those people. This is janet and she read out on the steps here a statement on behalf of those grieving families. Of all the families in this case. I have been asked to read out a state
that i m being called in for these catastrophic events which were unexpected and unexplained, lucy letby is there, and then somebody else said, yes, i have found that . and then someone else had the same response, and they all realised that the common factor for each of them was letby s presence on the unit. the first three babies died injune 2015. senior managers agreed to hold an external investigation. that never happened. four months later, four more babies were dead, and a staff analysis linked lucy letby to every one of them. by the following february, ten babies had died, but when doctors ask two senior managers for an urgent meeting, they did not respond for three months. injune, over two days, two more babies died. lucy letby was on shift for both. by now, there had been
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 an external investigation into the deaths would be held. it never happened. by october, with seven babies now dead, a staff analysis of the incidents made a link between all the deaths and lucy letby being on shift, but it was still seen as coincidental. in february 2016, with ten babies now dead, the director of nursing, alison kelly, and ian harvey, the medical director, were asked for an urgent meeting to discuss the deaths and lucy letby s links to all of them. they didn t respond for three months. the paediatricians were discussing the terrible nights on call that they were having. one of them said, every time this is happening to me, that i m being called in for these catastrophic events which were unexpected and unexplained,
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 an external investigation into the deaths would be held. it never happened. by october, with seven babies now dead, a staff analysis of the incidents made a link between all the deaths and lucy letby being on shift, but it was still seen as coincidental. in february 2016, with ten babies now dead, the director of nursing, alison kelly, and ian harvey, the medical director, were asked for an urgent meeting to discuss the deaths and lucy letby s links to all of them.
susan gilbyjoined the countess of chester nhs trust as medical director 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 an external investigation into the deaths would be held. it never happened. by october, with seven babies now dead, a staff analysis of the incidents made a link between all the deaths and lucy letby being on shift, but it was still seen as coincidental. in february 2016, with ten babies now dead, the director of nursing, alison kelly, and ian harvey, the medical director, were asked for an urgent meeting to discuss the deaths and lucy letby s links to all of them. they didn t respond for three months. the paediatricians were discussing, you know, the terrible nights on call that they were havin