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The Lucy Letby story

Lucy Letby, 33, was convicted of the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of six new-borns at Countess of Chester Hospital in 2015 and 2016. Why is this ‘story’ important for psychiatry? It shows how systems are slow to recognise and respond, slow to heed expert insights from within organisations, and how dysfunctional …

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