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Former bosses at the hospital where Lucy Letby murdered seven babies, and attempted to kill seven more, have apologised for the “significant delay” in alerting police, a public inquiry has heard.
In the fourth day of the Thirwall Inquiry at Liverpool Town Hall, an opening statement on behalf of the former senior managers at the Countess of Chester Hospital were read out.
It comes following days’ of evidence in which they have come under criticism for failing to properly deal with the attacks by the 34-year-old nurse.
On Wednesday, questions were asked on why hospital bosses didn’t contact police until May 2017 despite doctors’ concerns a year before.
On Friday morning, Kate Blackwell KC, solicitor representing senior managers including former medical director Ian Harvey, former chief executive Tony Chambers and former nursing director Alison Kelly, issued a statement on their behalf.
She said there was a “significant delay” in contacting police as bosses sought to investigate the matter, adding “for this, they [the managers] are truly sorry”.
Ms Blackwell has said the managers were also “truly sorry” over the communication with families of the victims, which the bosses accept could have been better.
Letby was sentenced to 15 whole-life orders following her convictions for the crimes in 2015 and 2016.
