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

Lucy Letby inquiry: hospital boss ‘sincerely regrets’ not calling police sooner

Brick building with 'neonatal unit' in white letters on the side, with a grey and glass entrance door
The neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester hospital. Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPA

A boss at the hospital where Lucy Letby murdered babies has said he “sincerely regrets” not calling police sooner and is “truly sorry” if he failed the bereaved families.

Ian Harvey, a former medical director at the Countess of Chester hospital, told the Thirlwall inquiry he wished he had contacted the police nearly a year before they were informed.

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