Three members of the senior leadership team at the hospital where Lucy Letby used to work have been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter
All three suspects worked on the senior leadership team at the Countess of Chester Hospital between 2015 and 2016
Cheshire Police however say that the case does not have any impact on Letby’s 2023 convictions for murder and attempted murder.
Det Supt Paul Hughes said the corporate manslaughter element of the investigation focused on the senior leadership of the hospital and its decision-making, “to determine whether any criminality has taken place concerning the response to the increased levels of fatalities”.
He said gross negligence manslaughter was a separate offence and “focuses on the grossly negligent action or inaction of individuals”.
