Lucy Letby: doctor asked for nurse to be removed from duties, trial hears

Hospital boss refused to remove Letby from shift despite colleagues raising concerns about her presence and series of infant deaths

Lucy Letby allegedly tried to murder a baby after a hospital boss refused to remove her from frontline duties despite her colleagues raising concerns, a court has heard.

A senior paediatrician told an executive that he and his team were not happy" with Letby continuing to work on the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester hospital following a series of infant deaths.