Consultant paediatricians on the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital flagged up their increasing worries over Letby in late June 2016 following the deaths of two triplet boys.
LISTEN: Lucy Letby was not referred to the nursing regulator after concerns about her were raised to hospital bosses because there was a 'lack of evidence' she may be killing babies, a public inquiry has heard.
Ms Kelly told him about the rise in mortality of babies and said they had not detected any medical incompetence. Mr Newman said: 'There was no allegation made on the call. Alison never said to me 'we suspect she could be deliberately harming babies'. Letby was redeployed to non-clinical duties at the Countess of Chester in July 2016 but the inquiry has heard she made a number of 'observational visits' to Liverpool's Alder Hey Children's Hospital in March and April 2017.
But the move was put on hold as hospital bosses finally contacted Cheshire Constabulary in May 2017 to ask them to investigate the increased number of deaths.
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