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The Papers: 'Complete failure to protect babies' and 'Sterling mess'

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'Complete failure to protect babies' and'Sterling mess' Image caption, The landmark inquiry into Lucy Letby's murders and attempted murders leads several of today's papers. After finding there was a complete failure to protect babies under Letby's care, the inquiry chair, Lady Justice Thirlwall, has called for cot cameras or monitors to be used on neonatal units in hospitals, the Daily Express reports. Letby is serving 15 whole-life prison terms for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven more. Image caption, The damning Letby hospital report is also the focus of the Daily Mirror's front page, with Health Secretary Yvette Cooper weighing in on the reprehensible treatment of parents who lost their babies. According to the paper, the inquiry found there was a complete failure to protect newborns at the Countess of Chester Hospital and parents were kept in the dark for years over the concerns.


The key findings and recommendations from the Lucy Letby inquiry

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To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A report into how serial killer Lucy Letby was able to murder seven babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital has found that some deaths could have been prevented. Letby is serving 15 whole-life prison terms for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven more. She was convicted in 2023 and has twice been denied permission to appeal against her convictions. Responding to the report, the hospital says it is sorry for the events that occurred in 2015 and 2016, and it's a different organisation today with new leadership, stronger governance and safety processes.


Will the Thirlwall report change the debate about Lucy Letby?

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Mention Lucy Letby and you're likely to get a strong reaction. The nurse was sentenced to spend the rest of her life in prison for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven more. But though two juries have convicted her, and she has twice been denied permission to appeal, it seems everyone has an opinion on whether she really did it. She has become the centre of an information war. The name Lady Justice Thirlwall, however, attracts less recognition. She's the judge who's been tasked with examining how Letby was able to commit her crimes at the Countess of Chester Hospital in 2015-2016, and whether her managers should have responded differently when suspicions about her were raised.