Exclusive: Officers investigating ‘suspicious’ incidents at Countess of Chester and Liverpool women’s hospitals
and trying to kill another six in “persistent, calculated and cold-blooded” attacks in the year to June 2016.
The Guardian has been told that the 17 babies who featured in the recently concluded trial were in “phase one” of the continuing police investigation, called Operation Hummingbird. Investigations are also continuing at Liverpool women’s hospital, where Letby completed placements in 2012 and 2016. At least one family was told earlier this year by police that the birth of their child is part of the inquiry, it is understood.
“This does not mean we are investigating all 4,000, it just means that we are committed to a thorough review of every admission from a medical perspective, to ensure that nothing is missed throughout the entirety of her employment as a nurse. Only those cases highlighted as concerning medically will be investigated further.”
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