Staff at the hospital where Lucy Letby worked could face criminal prosecution for alleged “gross negligence”, police confirmed on Thursday night.The former neonatal nurse, 35, is serving 15 whole life terms in prison after being found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder a further six while working at the Countess of Chester hospital between June 2015 and June 2016.

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

LONDON (Reuters) - 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.

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.

Staff at the hospital where Lucy Letby murdered babies could face gross negligence manslaughter charges, police have revealed.Detectives investigating the Countess of Chester Hospital for potential corporate manslaughter over baby deaths between 2012 and 2016 have widened their probe to include individuals who are now under investigation for possible gross negligence manslaughter.

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

The lawyer representing Lucy Letby insists police are making a 'huge mistake' after broadening their investigation into the hospital where she worked.

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, said expert evidence compiled by a ‘dream team’ of experts ‘points the finger’ in a ‘very different direction’.

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

Staff who worked at the Countess of Chester Hospital, where Lucy Letby was found to have murdered babies, could now face prosecution, as police widen search

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,