Fatal Failures in Neonatal Care: A Reckoning for Britain's NHS The latest report from Lady Justice Thirlwall's inquiry into the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester hospital is a scathing indictment of systemic failures that led to the deaths of seven babies and harmed many more.
The pursuit of reputation and bureaucratic expediency can be deadly in an industry where compassion and care are paramount.
The report concludes that at least three babies might have survived if hospital bosses had acted sooner on concerns about nurse Lucy Letby.