Lucy Letby murders left staff ‘devastated,’ Chester hospital director says

The Independent

The director of the Countess of Chester Hospital, where Lucy Letby killed seven babies, has said staff are "extremely sorry" that the crimes were committed at the hospital.  The nurse was also convicted of attempting to murder six others at the neonatal unit.  Letby used various ways to harm the babies including injecting air into the bloodstream, injecting air into the stomach, overfeeding with milk, physical assaults, and poisoning with insulin.  Dr Nigel Scawn said Letby's actions left staff "devastated" and the hospital is "committed to ensuring that lessons continue to be learned."

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00:00 I speak for the whole Trust when I say how deeply saddened and appalled we are at Lucy

00:05 Letby's crimes.

00:07 We are extremely sorry that these crimes were committed at our hospital and our thoughts

00:12 continue to be with all the families and loved ones of the babies who came to harm or who

00:19 died.

00:20 We cannot begin to understand what they have been through.

00:25 This case has had a profound impact on our patients and our local community and also

00:31 our staff who come to work every day determined to provide safe and high quality care for

00:39 all of our patients.

00:42 Our staff are devastated by what has happened and we are committed to ensuring that lessons

00:48 continue to be learned.

00:52 We are grateful for the cooperation of our staff, especially those that have maintained

00:57 the utmost professionalism whilst giving evidence in this trial, sometimes on multiple occasions.

01:05 We will continue to support them and our other staff to ensure that they receive the care

01:11 and support that they need.

01:15 We would like to extend our thanks to Cheshire Police for their extensive investigation and

01:21 the work they did to bring this case to trial.

01:25 We would also like to thank them for the comprehensive support that they have provided to all the

01:30 families involved.

01:33 Since Lucy Letby worked at our hospital we have made significant changes to our services

01:39 and I want to provide reassurance to every patient that may access our services that

01:46 they can have confidence in the care that they will receive.

01:52 Finally and most importantly, our thoughts are with all the families and loved ones at

01:57 this very difficult time.

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