British transport police said its inquiries were still in their early stages, and described the officer s death as devastating news. phil mackie, bbc news, nottinghamshire. the man who was chief executive of the nhs trust where nurse lucy letby murdered seven babies wrote in a now deleted blog about being persuaded to run a london trust by a senior nhs england boss. tony chambers has been accused of ignoring concerns raised by doctors who worked with letby. social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. this is tony chambers last year helping to open the royal liverpool hospital, one of severaljobs he did after leaving chester. he was chief executive of the trust when lucy letby murdered at least seven babies and attempted to murder at least six other infants in her care betweenjune 2015 and june 2016. paediatric doctors who worked with letby said mr chambers failed to live up to his own commitments
When they reported their concerns. as a chief exec, i pledge to support a culture where the front line staff are supported in raising concerns and, more importantly, me listening to them when they do. the chief executive left the countess of chester trust two months after lucy letby was arrested in large part due to the breakdown of his relationship with the doctors who worked in the neonatal unit. within 15 months, he found himself another leadership job as interim chief executive of this large nhs trust in east london, with the full support of nhs england. in a now deleted blog seen by the bbc, mr chambers wrote.
The bbc understands that he was appointed to run the london trust despite nhs england in the north west effectively blocking him from running a trust locally due to how his tenure in chester had ended. after leaving london, mr chambers got two other interim chief executive roles in cornwall and in sussex. the bbc understands nhs england approved bothjobs, despite letby s trial having started when the second appointment was made. nhs england said tony chambers was appointed to his posts after a competitive process and that sir david sloman was not aware of the events of the countess of chester trust when mr chambers was appointed to the london trust. michael buchanan, bbc news. the russian authorities say an airport in the north western city of pskov has been attacked by drones. russian state media says four military transport aircraft were damaged. two of the aircraft are reported to have burst into flames. the area is close to the border with estonia.