Hospital bosses have been blamed for failing to do more while Lucy Letby was murdering babies across the neonatal ward at the Countess of Chester Hospital in Chester

A criminal probe into the hospital where Lucy Letby attacked babies has been widened to focus on individual staff, police have said. Cheshire Police said it opened a corporate manslaughter investigation at the Countess of Chester Hospital in October 2023, focusing on the decisions of senior leaders.

Lucy Letby’s barrister has said police are making another ‘huge mistake’ by investigating the killer nurse’s former bosses for manslaughter over their decision-making. Mark McDonald, who is fighting to get Letby’s convictions overturned,

Detectives have upgraded their criminal investigation against the Countess of Chester Hospital from a corporate manslaughter inquiry following the Lucy Letby murders

British police said on Thursday they had widened an investigation into manslaughter at the hospital where nurse Lucy Letby, who was convicted of killing seven babies, had worked.

The former nurse, 31, was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill seven others between 2015 and 2016 while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital

Police who announced hospital staff could now face manslaughter charges have made a "huge mistake" the lawyer for killer nurse Lucy Letby has claimed. | ITV News Granada

An investigation into corporate manslaughter was launched in October 2023 following the trial and conviction of the ex-nurse - but Cheshire Constabulary have now widened their probe.

Letby was accused of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of 10 others at the Countess of Chester Hospital

A number of staff at the Countess of Chester Hospital have been identified as suspects in a police investigation into corporate manslaughter. Cheshire Police says it has now widened the scope of its investigation to include gross negligence manslaughter,