UK Police Expand Investigation Into Hospital Leadership Following Lucy Letby Convictions

Authorities are now examining potential gross negligence manslaughter charges against individuals at the Countess of Chester Hospital alongside the ongoing corporate manslaughter probe.

The investigation into the Countess of Chester Hospital has been widened to include gross negligence manslaughter, focusing on individual actions or inactions by staff.
The probe originally targeted potential corporate manslaughter by senior leadership following Lucy Letby’s 2023 conviction for murdering seven babies and attempting to kill eight others.
Police have identified and notified suspects in the gross negligence manslaughter investigation but have not made any arrests or filed charges at this stage.
Authorities emphasized that the expanded investigation does not affect Letby’s convictions or her 15 life sentences, which she is currently appealing.
The investigation also continues into baby deaths and collapses at both the Countess of Chester Hospital and Liverpool Women’s Hospital between 2012 and 2016.