On the third day of an inquiry into how serial killer Lucy Letby was able to murder seven babies, Peter Skelton KC outlined five failures by the Countess of Chester Hospital.
'Basic failures' by the hospital where Lucy Letby worked had 'fatal consequences', an inquiry heard. The former neonatal nurse was sentenced to life imprisonment last year for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six more at the Countess of Chester Hospital between the summers of 2015 and 2016.
'Staff should have kept minds open' The barrister said a report into Beverley Allitt, a nurse who killed children at Grantham Hospital, Lincolnshire, in 1991, sought to ensure that healthcare staff were prepared to keep their minds open to the possibility of criminal conduct. Mr Skelton also noted how in May 2015, nurse Victorino Chua was sentenced for murdering patients at Stepping Hill Hospital.
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