The consultant paediatrician whose evidence helped to convict nurse Lucy Letby of murdering newborn babies has told the public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding her crimes that he and his colleagues should have gone to the police much sooner instead of waiting for permission from managers.1
Ravi Jayaram, clinical director for children’s services at the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, told the Thirlwall inquiry, “I think, looking back, we shouldn’t have had to have waited for permission to go to the police. We should have just gone.”
He said doctors were under the misapprehension, reinforced by people at the trust, that they lacked enough evidence …
