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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Ross

Three of Lucy Letby’s victims could have been saved if police were called in sooner, damning inquiry finds

Three babies killed by Lucy Letby might have been saved if hospital bosses and doctors had taken action that could have seen police called in sooner, an inquiry in the aftermath of the nurse’s crimes has found.

The damning report into the Countess of Chester Hospital found the nurse’s final two murders could have been stopped if concerns raised linking deaths with her presence on the ward had been treated as a safeguarding matter.

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