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

Senior doctor ‘ashamed’ he failed to protect babies from Lucy Letby

Dr John Gibbs
Dr John Gibbs told the inquiry doctors received ‘very firm pushback’ from senior nurses when they raised growing suspicions about Letby. Photograph: ITV News

A senior doctor has said he is “ashamed” he failed to stop the nurse Lucy Letby from harming babies and that police should have been contacted a year earlier.

John Gibbs told a public inquiry that doctors received “very firm pushback” from senior nurses when they raised growing suspicions about Letby in early 2016.

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