Doctor secured Lucy Letby hospital placement while she was suspected of murder

Registrar who exchanged more than 1,000 messages with nurse tells public inquiry he believes he was misled

A doctor who exchanged more than 1,000 inappropriate" and frivolous" Facebook messages with Lucy Letby secured her a placement at another hospital while she was suspected of murdering babies, a public inquiry has heard.

The registrar, who can only be named as Dr U, said he had supported the nurse because she was struggling with her mental health" but that he now believed he had been misled and maybe manipulated".