Lucy Letby case: Babies could have been saved if hospital acted sooner, consultants say

"It’s a horrible thing to say but I do genuinely believe that there are four or five babies who could be going to school now who aren’t"

Nurse Lucy Letby, 33, has been found guilty at Manchester Crown Court of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others at the Countess of Chester Hospital.

Consultants who raised concerns about Lucy Letby as far back as 2015 have said babies could have been saved if hospital management had listened and acted sooner.

The Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit head consultant, Dr Stephen Brearey, first raised the 33-year-old’s association with an increase in baby collapses in June 2015 and, with another consultant, Dr Ravi Jayaram, continued to express concerns to management as more sudden and unexpected collapses followed.