That families get the answers that they need. that it is possible for us to learn the lessons from what happened. everything conducted transparently, and to happen as quickly as possible. those are the objectives that we want for the inquiry and we ll make sure that it s set up to deliver on those aims. and the leader of the opposition labour party, sir keir starmer, has responded to letby s sentence. well, my thoughts are with the victims families and the anger and frustration that i know they feel at the fact that she won t face justice in the way that she should. when i was director of public prosecutions, i saw for myselfjust how important it is for families to see the defendant in the dock being sentenced, it s an integral part of the way that we do justice in this country. now, this isn t the first case, we ve had other cases, the 0livia case up in liverpool, and other cases where this has happened. i think that we should change the law. we ve made an open offer to the governmen
Children. the government held an inquiry into what had gone wrong at the hospital. the report came out in 1994 and it is identified a number of failings of what central finding was because every death and klutz could have another initial expedition and because nobody could believe that a colleague could deliberately harm children and babies, the nurse was able to continue in the unit for two months. the parallels with lucy letby are striking. senior colleagues did raise concerns about her, those in charge were apparently unable to believe there might be a killer in the hospital. so how can the nhs take that mindset into account for the future? we take that mindset into account for the future? the future? we should have had a s stem the future? we should have had a system for the future? we should have had a system for looking the future? we should have had a system for looking at the future? we should have had a system for looking at the - the future? we should have had a | syst
Is to extend my sympathies to everyone affected by this. i think, like everyone reading about this, it is just shocking and harrowing. i think it is cowardly that people who commit such horrendous crimes do not face their victims and hear first hand the impact that their crimes have had on them and theirfamilies and loved ones. we are looking, and have been, at changing the law to make sure that that happens, and that s something that we will bring forward in due course. should hospital managers be as accountable as doctors and nurses? well, we re setting up an inquiry that will look into everything that happened in this case and it s important that that inquiry, first and foremost, gets the answer that families need, ensures that we can learn the lessons from what happened, is conducted transparently, and happens as quickly as possible. so that s the inquiry that we ll set up and to make sure that we deliver on those objectives. on that inquiry, should we have a judge led statutory in
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Pressure on the government to change the law from the way it exists at the law from the way it exists at the moment to give extra powers for judges to be able to compel a convicted murderer to sit in the dark matter face often the families of the victim and to hear the sentencing remark the judge of the victim and to hear the sentencing remark thejudge is making to sit in the dock and face. the prime minister rishi sunak was asked about that today. the first thing is to extend my sympathies to everyone affected. i think like everyone reading about this, it is just shocking and harrowing. i think it is currently that people who commit such horrendous crimes do not face their victims and hear first hand the impact that their crimes have had on them and their families and loved ones. we are looking, and have been, at changing the law to make sure that that happens, and that s something we will bring forward in due course. should hospital managers be as accountable as doctors and nurses