The inquiry was told that it would normally happen in less than 1% of shifts
Breathing tubes became dislodged on 40% of shifts that Lucy Letby worked as a trainee nurse in Liverpool before she went on her killing spree at the Countess of Chester Hospital, a public inquiry has heard. Letby, 34, is understood to have completed two work placements at Liverpool Women's Hospital between October and December 2012, and January and February 2015.
She was transferred to a specialist hospital where she died three days later. Mr Baker said Child K's parents believe "with justification" that she was murdered by the nurse. Letby targeted Child K after the infant was moved from the delivery room to the neonatal unit shortly after her premature birth, prosecutors had said.
Peter Skelton KC, representing another seven families, told Lady Justice Thirlwall that a number of "basic failures" by the hospital had "fatal consequences". The barrister said a report into Beverley Allitt, a nurse who killed children at Grantham Hospital, Lincolnshire, in 1991, sought to ensure that healthcare staff were prepared to keep their minds open to the possibility of criminal conduct. As well as the Allitt case, Mr Skelton said that in May 2015, just before Letby's crimes began, nurse Victorino Chua was sentenced for murdering patients at Stepping Hill Hospital.
He said the consultants who flagged concerns about Letby "deserved the gratitude" of the families and had acted with "tenacity" and "courage" in "genuine fear of adverse professional consequences". But he said they should have outlined their concerns clearly and formally in writing and ensured they were brought to the attention of the management and the board. Furthermore, they should have spoken to the police if they were not satisfied, he said.
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