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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Eleanor Barlow

Parents of Lucy Letby victims accuse former hospital director of ‘total fob off’

PA Media

Parents of babies attacked by Lucy Letby received a “total fob off” from a hospital medical director after raising concerns, a lawyer representing them has said.

Ian Harvey was medical director at the Countess of Chester Hospital at the time the 33-year-old nurse carried out her crimes, murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others, but he retired in August 2018, a month after she was first arrested.

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