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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Josh Halliday

Lucy Letby: hospital executive denies being ‘too slow’ to act over concerns

Alison Kelly giving evidence to the Thirlwall inquiry on Monday.
Alison Kelly giving evidence to the Thirlwall inquiry on Monday. Photograph: Thirlwall inquiry

A hospital executive has denied being “too slow” to act over concerns that Lucy Letby could be harming babies but admitted she failed to treat it as a safeguarding issue.

Alison Kelly, the executive lead for safeguarding children at the Countess of Chester hospital, was told by senior doctors in May 2016 that Letby was linked to an increase in baby deaths on the neonatal unit.

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