{"id":46411,"date":"2024-10-16T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/lucy-letby-gave-baby-overdose-two-years-before-murders\/"},"modified":"2024-10-16T15:45:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T15:45:00","slug":"lucy-letby-gave-baby-overdose-two-years-before-murders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=46411","title":{"rendered":"Lucy Letby gave baby overdose two years before murders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The inquiry later heard how a manager apologised for saying in 2016 that she would be &#8220;delighted&#8221; to have Letby back on the ward after she had been suspended from nursing duties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Yvonne Griffiths was deputy ward manager of the neonatal unit in 2015 and 2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Letby was removed from clinical duties in July 2016 after consultants expressed concerns that she was harming babies. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But she raised a grievance and in a meeting connected to that process Ms Griffiths said she would welcome Letby back on the ward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ms Griffiths also said consultants were &#8220;on a mission to remove Letby based on speculation&#8221; and described their approach as a &#8220;witch hunt&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Richard Baker KC, who represents some of the families of the babies, asked Ms Griffiths if she was really saying that she would be happy to have someone back on the ward who might be a killer of babies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She replied: \u201cI know it doesn\u2019t sound wonderful. I didn\u2019t mean it as in delighted and in hindsight, I\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Questioned by Peter Skelton KC, who also represents some of the families of Letby\u2019s victims, Ms Griffiths agreed that a nurse\u2019s first duty is to her patients not her colleagues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mr Skelton said to Ms Griffiths: \u201cYou should have taken action personally to ensure the safety of patients on your unit.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She replied: \u201cI accept your conversation. 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