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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kim Pilling

Babies could have been saved if hospital acted sooner, consultants say

PA Wire

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.

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