in tears, lucy letby is brought out of her house under arrest and ta ken away. it seemed unbelievable a neonatal nurse, a protector of the most vulnerable members of society. lucy letby had worked at the countess of chester children s hospital since 2012. in early 2015, she qualified to work in the neonatal high dependency and intensive care units. onjune 8 that year, she committed her first murder. for the next 12 months, the attacks continued. injune 2016, two babies died in two days. 0n the third day, another baby collapsed. letby was taken off clinical duties. two years later, letby was arrested for the first time. police found medical records under her bed and hand scrawled notes. i am a horrible, evil person, one says. i am evil. i did this, says another. i don t deserve to live. i killed them on purpose because i m not good enough to care for them. i am a horrible, evil person. a confession or, as letby claimed the tormented thoughts of someone accused of h
Launched. ,., ., ., ., ,., launched. good morning. the reason was that it was launched. good morning. the reason was that it was discovered launched. good morning. the reason was that it was discovered there - launched. good morning. the reason was that it was discovered there was| was that it was discovered there was a high level of mortality at this hospital, which couldn t really be explained. it turned out the figures had been dismissed. eventually the relatives of deceased people mounted a huge protest. as a result of that, an inquiry was held, which uncovered many aspects of weakness in leadership, failure to give priority to patients as opposed to targets. and a number of other issues, which led to me having to make 290 recommendations for changing things, principal being the duty of candour, with professionals and hospitals needing to be open and frank about things that had gone wrong, but also a culture whereby, when things had
Determined to cause harm, systems may never be able to stop that. again, doctor harold shipman, the beginning of the 20005, convicted of killing 15 patients at, again an independent inquiry, that had six or seven report5 independent inquiry, that had six or seven reports over a number of years, looking at his actions, the fact he may have killed over 200 people, that inquiry found. the question i get is speed versus detail, and compelling people. the government said in this case it wants a quicker inquiry. i guess. we are expecting the sentencing, but again questions as to why lucy letby will not be appearing. yes. again questions as to why lucy letby will not be appearing. will not be appearing. yes. i mean, the issue there will not be appearing. yes. i mean, the issue there is will not be appearing. yes. i mean, the issue there is it s will not be appearing. yes. i mean, the issue there is it s her will not be appearing. yes. i mean, the issue there is it s her choice, i t
Somehow grade is should this have a higher status, should this be a statutory inquiry? the question that some have raised. it would mean people would be compelled to produce evidence to the inquiry. the flip of that, the government said that is much more complicated, takes much longer, and means the lessons learned take more time to feed through into the system. if you think back, there are precedents to this. in 1991, nurse beverley alex, she was convicted of killing four children. and harming seven others. beverley allitt. the independent inquiry reported within a year and came back with a dozen recommendations. that inquiry did say that if there was someone
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