The NHS could face a record compensation bill of more than £60m from civil claims lodged by the families of Lucy Letby’s victims, experts have said. Parents whose babies have disabilities caused by Letby’s attacks at the Countess of Chester hospital could each expect to receive a payout of more than £10m to fund their… Continue reading Lucy Letby: NHS could face record compensation bill of more than £60m | NHS
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Nurses ‘rocked to core’ by Lucy Letby murders and fear impact on public trust | Lucy Letby
At hospitals around the UK nurses continue to pull on fresh scrubs and prepare for another day’s caring. But many have been “rocked to the core” by the Lucy Letby case and some fear the foundation of trust with the public “has been shaken”. That was the message from senior nurses on Tuesday as the… Continue reading Nurses ‘rocked to core’ by Lucy Letby murders and fear impact on public trust | Lucy Letby
A Lucy Letby inquiry must answer this: why was she seen as a victim, not a killer? | Gaby Hinsliff
Grief can be an unspeakably intimate thing. To be with a parent in the immediate aftermath of losing their child is to see them at their most utterly vulnerable; broken, and undone. But families trusted Lucy Letby, the intensive care nurse who seemingly cared so diligently for their sick babies, to be with them through… Continue reading A Lucy Letby inquiry must answer this: why was she seen as a victim, not a killer? | Gaby Hinsliff
Lucy Letby: doctor who raised alarm calls for regulation of NHS executives | NHS
NHS executives should be regulated similarly to medical practitioners, the paediatrician who first raised the alarm on Lucy Letby has said, after clinicians’ concerns about her were “turned on the head”. The behaviour and accountability of senior officials within the health service “absolutely” needed to be regulated, said Dr Stephen Brearey, who first carried out… Continue reading Lucy Letby: doctor who raised alarm calls for regulation of NHS executives | NHS
‘My arms felt so painfully empty’: parents of Lucy Letby’s victims tell court of their loss | Lucy Letby
Their words were delivered through tears and trembling hands to a courtroom that, for 10 long months, had choked back the trauma of these horrors. This was the first time the parents of Lucy Letby’s victims had been able to express their grief. The details were harrowing. A triplet boy, now seven, who asks his… Continue reading ‘My arms felt so painfully empty’: parents of Lucy Letby’s victims tell court of their loss | Lucy Letby
NHS’s culture of denial allowed Lucy Letby to keep killing babies | Lucy Letby
Re your editorial on the Lucy Letby case (18 August), I have been a paediatrician since 1985, a consultant since 1996 in the UK, and since 2017 in Ireland. Like my colleagues, I am grieved and outraged at reading that NHS managers were unable to prevent Letby from perpetrating irreversible harm. A neonatal database flagging… Continue reading NHS’s culture of denial allowed Lucy Letby to keep killing babies | Lucy Letby
British nurse Lucy Letby imprisoned for life for murders of 7 babies
A former neonatal nurse who killed seven babies in her care and tried to kill six others at a hospital in northern England was sentenced Monday to life in prison with no chance of release by a judge who highlighted “the cruelty and calculation” of her actions. Lucy Letby, who refused to appear in court… Continue reading British nurse Lucy Letby imprisoned for life for murders of 7 babies
Lucy Letby sentenced to whole-life jail term for murdering seven babies | Lucy Letby
The serial killer nurse Lucy Letby will never be released from prison after a judge sentenced her to a rare whole-life term for the “sadistic” murder of seven babies. Letby, 33, is only the third woman alive to be given the jail term in the UK. She was sentenced at Manchester crown court on Monday.… Continue reading Lucy Letby sentenced to whole-life jail term for murdering seven babies | Lucy Letby
Lucy Letby may have harmed dozens more babies, police believe | Lucy Letby
Police 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… Continue reading Lucy Letby may have harmed dozens more babies, police believe | Lucy Letby
Former minister suggests broadcasting Lucy Letby’s sentencing to her cell | Lucy Letby
Lucy 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… Continue reading Former minister suggests broadcasting Lucy Letby’s sentencing to her cell | Lucy Letby