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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rebecca Thomas

Could Lucy Letby have been stopped sooner? The missed opportunities to catch a killer revealed

Cheshire Constabulary

Serial killer nurse Lucy Letby was free to target babies for nearly a year after she murdered her first patient as hospital leaders repeatedly ignored concerns raised by whistleblowers, The Independent has learned.

Staff raised concerns over three “unexplained” baby deaths at the Countess of Chester Hospital in July 2015 but health chiefs failed to investigate the allegations, several hospital insiders have claimed.

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