The Dark Shadows of Healthcare: What the Lucy Letby Inquiry Means for Patient Safety The long awaited report from Lady Justice Thirlwall's inquiry into the events surrounding Lucy Letby's crimes is finally set to be published on Tuesday, a year later than initially anticipated.
As the public waits with bated breath for answers about how this former nurse was able to murder seven infants and attempt to kill seven others at the Countess of Chester Hospital between 2015 and 2016, it's hard not to think back to the eerily similar case of Beverley Allitt, who committed a string of murders on a children's ward in Grantham nearly three decades ago.
The Thirlwall Inquiry aimed to examine how concerns about Letby's behavior were handled by hospital staff and whether her actions could have been prevented.