NHS boss in charge of nursing at hospital when Lucy Letby went on killing spree finally suspended
AN NHS boss who was in charge of nursing at the hospital when Lucy Letby murdered seven babies has finally been suspended from her current role.
It comes after hospital chiefs were accused of ignoring concerns raised about Letby by her doctor colleagues, who feared she was a killer.
Alison Kelly earns around £100,000 a year as nursing director at The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust in Salford after moving on from the Countess of Chester Hospital.
Letby killed four babies after Kelly — suspended pending a further investigation — was alerted to concerns about her.
Seven senior consultants complained about Letby following a spike in deaths when she was working on the neonatal ward.
But senior managers ignored their claims and asked them to apologise to her.
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Yesterday, experts said the NHS’s whistleblowing system must be overhauled.
Dr Naru Narayanan, president of the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association, said: “All too often, whistleblowers are treated by bad employers like the problem and find themselves on the receiving end of threats and bullying to remain silent.”
The Department of Health plans an independent inquiry — but victims’ families are unhappy it will not have to force people to give evidence.
Evil Letby will die in jail after she today received a whole life sentence - as the families of her victims slammed her for refusing to attend court to face justice yesterday.
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Britain's most prolific child killer murdered seven babies in a year-long reign of terror at Countess of Chester Hospital.
Letby, 33, also attempted to kill six others as she became a "constant malevolent presence" on the neo-natal ward.
The shameless monster refused to enter court to face justice in what the families of her victims described as a "final act of wickedness from a coward".
She was handed a whole life order that means she will be never be released from prison.
Letby is just the fourth woman ever to be handed the sentence after Rose West, Joanna Dennehy and Myra Hindley, who died in 2002.
There were tears in court yesterday as the brave families of Letby's victims read powerful victim impact statements.
Letby was convicted of seven counts of murder on Friday following a nine-month trial and 22 days of jury deliberation.
She was also found guilty of attempting to murder a further six babies during her year-long killing spree.
Letby had wept as the first set of verdicts was delivered, but refused to enter court as the case was brought to a close.
The monster used insulin and air to inject newborns while working on the neo-natal ward.
The collapses and deaths of the children were not “naturally-occurring tragedies” and instead the gruesome work of “poisoner” Letby.
During a mammoth trial, jurors were told some of the newborns were repeatedly targeted by the nurse - including one baby Letby killed after three previous failed attempts.
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Her rampage was finally uncovered after staff grew suspicious of the "significant rise" in the number of babies dying or .
Letby was found to be the "common denominator" among the deaths and collapses.
