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"Many parents take the view that protecting the reputation of the hospital was more important to senior managers than keeping them informed," says Lady Justice Thirlwall, calling the lack of consideration shown to parents "reprehensible" in a statement to the media after her report on the Lucy Letby inquiry was published. Report by Gluszczykm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00I know that no one can ever truly convey the joy of the birth of their baby, babies followed by
00:09the shock of their sudden collapse or death, then grief and enduring sadness.
00:17The anger, some parents feel, at the way they were treated by the Countess was palpable.
00:22They were kept in the dark for years about what was happening, about the fact that there were concerns that
00:28their babies may have been deliberately harmed.
00:31Their consent was not obtained for sharing their baby's medical records with external experts and other organisations.
00:40They were not informed about reviews, and only in 2018 learned that the collapses and deaths may have been the
00:48result of the actions of a nurse whom they had trusted.
00:53Many parents take the view that protecting the reputation of the hospital was more important to senior managers than keeping
01:00them informed about what was happening.
01:03The lack of consideration shown to the parents at that time was reprehensible.
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