Hospital Director Questioned Over Letby Concerns

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Urgent care director felt 'out of depth' over Lucy Letby claims

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Karen Townsend was divisional director of urgent care at the Countess of Chester Hospital .

She said she did not have "clinical insight" into the situation and was being led by how the "executive team wanted to manage it" Ms Townsend became aware of concerns at a meeting with consultant Dr Ravi Jayaram .

The meeting took place after the death of a triplet known as Baby O , but before she killed the second triplet, Baby P.

The possibility of calling in the police was then discussed at another meeting with senior managers on 30 June 2016 , but did not happen until 2017 .

Letby , originally from Hereford , was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder a further seven .

She is serving 15 whole life prison terms and has had appeals against her convictions rejected by the Court of Appeal .

The inquiry continues into why the concerns were not effectively taken sufficiently seriously.

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