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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Josh Halliday North of England editor

Doctor secured Lucy Letby hospital placement while she was suspected of murder

A sign announcing the Thirlwall inquiry at the entrance to Liverpool town hall
The Thirlwall inquiry heard that ‘Dr U’s’ Facebook messages with Letby ranged from ‘quite frivolous’ to ‘entirely inappropriate’. Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPA

A doctor who exchanged more than 1,000 “inappropriate” and “frivolous” Facebook messages with Lucy Letby secured her a placement at another hospital while she was suspected of murdering babies, a public inquiry has heard.

The registrar, who can only be named as Dr U, said he had supported the nurse because she was “struggling with her mental health” but that he now believed he had been “misled and maybe manipulated”.

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