‘Five basic failures’ at hospital where Lucy Letby worked, inquiry told

Lucy Letby (Cheshire Constabulary/PA)

Basic failures by the hospital where killer nurse Lucy Letby worked had “fatal consequences” for babies, an inquiry into her crimes has heard.

On the third day of the Thirlwall Inquiry, set up to examine how the 34-year-old nurse was able to carry out her crimes in the neonatal unit of the Countess of Chester Hospital in 2015 and 2016, an opening statement was given by Peter Skelton KC, representing seven of the families.