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.

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

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. Police opened an investigation into corporate manslaughter at the Countess of Chester hospital in northern England following Letby's conviction in 2023,

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

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

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

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

Detectives who investigated the murders of babies, leading to the conviction of nurse Lucy Letby, have launched new probes into whether anyone should be charged with gross negligence manslaughter.

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,