35 minutes ago Lucy Letby gave baby morphine overdose years before first murder, inquiry hears

Newborn received 10 times the correct amount of painkiller and could have died if colleagues had not spotted errorLucy Letby gave a potentially fatal dose of morphine to a newborn baby two years before she murdered her first victim, an inquiry has heard.The infant received 10 times the correct amount of the painkiller at the end of a night shift in July 2013 and could have died if colleagues at handover had not spotted the error an hour later. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Dawn Sturgess' boyfriend told her 'look what I found' before handing her Novichok in perfume bottle and finding her 'convulsing'

Rowley told the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry of his horror at finding her 'convulsing and foaming at the mouth' at their home in Amesbury, Wiltshire before trying to give her CPR.

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3 hours ago Lucy Letby gave baby 'potentially lethal' morphine overdose two years before her first kill

Lucy Letby was convicted of killing seven babies and attempting to murder yet another seven before she was charged and sentenced to serve a life sentence in prison

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4 hours ago Lucy Letby gave potentially fatal dose of morphine to newborn, inquiry told

An infant was given 10 times the correct dosage two years before Letby murdered her first victim, the Thirlwall Inquiry heard.

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26 hours ago Lucy Letby failed her student nurse final year placement over too 'cold' bedside manner

Lucy Letby, who was convicted of murdering seven infants and attempting to murder seven others, initially failed her final year placement as a student nurse, a public inquiry was told

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27 hours ago Lucy Letby initially failed her student nurse placement after lack of empathy, inquiry finds

Lucy Letby’s assessor says she found the then-student to be ‘quite cold’ and lacking the empathy to pass her final year placement

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28 hours ago Lucy Letby noted as 'cold' and lacking empathy in final year as student nurse

Letby did not have the “overall characteristics” to become a successful registered nurse, her assessor found

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28 hours ago ‘Cold’ Letby initially failed final year student nurse placement, probe told

An assessor at the Countess of Chester Hospital said it was apparent that Letby lacked empathy with patients.

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32 hours ago Lucy Letby said 'I can't wait to get my first death out of the way' on first day at work

The Thirlwall Inquiry into how Lucy Letby was able to commit her horrific crimes at the Countess of Chester Hospital heard how she told colleagues she "couldn't wait" for her first death

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