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Lucy Letby may have harmed dozens more babies, police fear

20-08-2023 19:42

Exclusive: Officers investigating ‘suspicious’ incidents at Countess of Chester and Liverpool women’s hospitalsPolice believe Lucy Letby, the nurse convicted of murdering seven babies, may have harmed dozens more infants at two hospitals in the north-west of England, the Guardian has been told.A source with knowledge of the police investigation said detectives had identified about 30 babies who suffered “suspicious” incidents at the Countess of Chester hospital wher

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Lucy Letby may have harmed dozens more babies, police believe

20-08-2023 19:42

Exclusive: Officers investigating ‘suspicious’ incidents at Countess of Chester and Liverpool women’s hospitalsPolice believe Lucy Letby, the nurse convicted of murdering seven babies, may have harmed dozens more infants at two hospitals in the north-west of England, the Guardian has been told.A source with knowledge of the police investigation said detectives had identified about 30 babies who suffered “suspicious” incidents at the Countess of Chester hospital wher

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Urgent, gentle care: life on a neonatal unit

20-08-2023 16:58

NHS units such as the one Lucy Letby worked in help one in 12 babies. It’s an emotional environment, to which some medics are strongly drawnThe smallest can weigh not much more than 250g and be held in the palm of an adult’s hand. The skin of extremely premature babies – born at perhaps 22 or 24 weeks instead of 40 – can be translucent, allowing their organs to be seen. They are, as one medic puts it, “on the cusp of viability”.Other babies have arrived at ful

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Former minister suggests broadcasting Lucy Letby’s sentencing to her cell

20-08-2023 16:47

Tory Robert Buckland, a former justice secretary, says killer nurse should have ‘nowhere to hide’ if she won’t attend courtLucy Letby’s sentencing should be broadcast into her cell if she refuses to attend court, a former justice secretary has said, as the government says it is still committed to forcing criminals to face judgment in person.Robert Buckland, a senior Conservative, said the court currently had no power to compel Letby to attend but playing the sentence into

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Lessons the NHS needs to learn after Lucy Letby case

20-08-2023 15:00

Public inquiry that is now almost inevitable will need to examine failings of people and processes – and result in meaningful changes The scale of Lucy Letby’s crimes, and the Countess of Chester hospital’s failure to act on warnings that could have halted her killing spree, means the announcement of an independent inquiry on Friday was almost inevitable.It will have to forensically examine the failings of people and processes involved in her serial targeting of sick newborns a

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