Will the Thirlwall report change the debate about Lucy Letby?

The nurse was sentenced to spend the rest of her life in prison for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven more.

But though two juries have convicted her, and she has twice been denied permission to appeal, it seems everyone has an opinion on whether she really did it.

There's loud scepticism about her convictions from some, and vocal certainty about her guilt from others. She has become the centre of an information war.

She's the judge who's been tasked with examining how Letby was able to commit her crimes at the Countess of Chester Hospital in 2015-2016, and whether her managers should have responded differently when suspicions about her were raised.

After months of hearings, the findings of her inquiry will be published on Tuesday, almost a year later than originally anticipated.

So will the Thirlwall Report change the conversation about Lucy Letby? Will people who have entrenched views about her change their mind as a result?

The quick take is this. The report won't change the narrative about Letby's guilt or innocence because it didn't examine that subject at all. That wasn't its remit.

Lady Justice Thirlwall said she had "approached the inquiry on the basis that Lucy Letby is guilty of the crimes of which she has been convicted".

She emphasised that it was not her role "to set about reviewing the convictions", telling the inquiry: "The Court of Appeal has done that, with a very clear result."

Whatever the report's conclusions, Letby's convictions will stand. However, the inquiry hasn't operated in a vacuum. There are other parts of the legal system which will have an eye on its findings.

And the chairwoman of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) - the only organisation with the power to send Letby's case back to the Court of Appeal - has told the BBC the CCRC will be paying close attention to Thirlwall.

Dame Vera Baird said: "We will be looking at the report with interest to assess whether it has any bearing on our review of the case."

But while questions over Letby's convictions weren't within the scope of the Thirlwall Inquiry, it didn't stop the subject making itself felt within the hearing room.

Just as the inquiry was wrapping up, the hospital's former executives applied for it to be delayed until the CCRC has made its decision.