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.

Staff at the hospital where Lucy Letby worked could face criminal prosecution for alleged “gross negligence”, police confirmed on Thursday night.The former neonatal nurse, 35, is serving 15 whole life terms in prison after being found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder a further six while working at the Countess of Chester hospital between June 2015 and June 2016.

The lawyers representing child killer Lucy Letby believe she is a victim of a monumental miscarriage of justice after she was given 15 whole life orders for the mass killings of babies at the Countess

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

An investigation into corporate manslaughter was launched in October 2023 following the trial and conviction of the ex-nurse - but Cheshire Constabulary have now widened their probe.

Read about a new gross negligence manslaughter investigation into Lucy Letby's former employer, the Countess of Chester Hospital.

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

Police who announced hospital staff could now face manslaughter charges have made a "huge mistake" the lawyer for killer nurse Lucy Letby has claimed. | ITV News Granada

The lawyer representing Lucy Letby insists police are making a 'huge mistake' after broadening their investigation into the hospital where she worked.

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.