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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Matthew Weaver

Whistleblowers sacked by NHS fear no change after Lucy Letby case

Royal Sussex county hospital
Police are investigating deaths at Royal Sussex county hospital, part of University Hospital Sussex NHS trust. Photograph: Simon Dack News/Alamy

NHS clinicians who were sacked after blowing the whistle about avoidable patient deaths say they fear lessons from the Lucy Letby murder trial have not been learned and the case will make no difference to their own claims for unfair dismissal.

They say hospital bosses are still more concerned about reputation than patient safety, despite what emerged in the Letby case about the tragic consequences of ignoring consultants who first raised suspicions about her killing babies.

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