Lucy Letby
Damning email told of ‘chaos’ on Lucy Letby ward Lawyers for victims’ families fear the killer ‘took advantage’ of overstretched baby unit Lucy Letby worked on a ward where a senior doctor said staff were “chronically overworked” NEWS GROUP NEWSPAPERS LTD Shaun Lintern , David Collins and Harry Yorke ORIGINAL Sunday August 27 2023, 12.01am, The Sunday Times A senior doctor warned that the neonatal unit where Lucy Letby worked was chaotic, overstretched and unsafe for patients and staff two years before the serial killer nurse was suspended. Dr Alison Timmis, a paediatrician, emailed Tony Chambers, the hospital’s chief executive, in December 2015, reporting that staff were in tears because they were being forced to look after more babies than the unit could safely accommodate. In her note, copied in to other senior managers, she told him: “Over the past few weeks I have seen several medical and nursing colleagues in tears . . . they get upset as they know that the care they are providi