Lucy Letby - latest: Thirlwall Inquiry into crimes of killer nurse to publish report today

The inquiry into killer nurse Lucy Letby - who was convicted of killing seven babies and attempting to murder seven more - is due to publish its report at noon today.

Experts have been looking at whether bosses and staff at the Countess of Chester Hospital missed opportunities to stop her while she was working there between 2015 and 2016.

Letby, 36, was found to have killed and harmed babies by injecting air into their blood, poisoning them with insulin, and overfeeding them with milk.

The public inquiry - chaired by Lady Justice Thirlwall - is expected to highlight a number of missed opportunities for bosses to intervene after doctors raised the alarm about a spate of unexplained baby deaths on the hospital's neonatal unit

The final report from the Thirlwall Inquiry, which examined how serial killer Letby was able to commit her crimes on a hospital neonatal unit, is set to be released today.

The inquiry examined events at the Countess of Chester hospital’s neonatal unit where Letby was a nurse between 2015 and 2016. Consultants repeatedly raised concerns that Letby, now 36, may have been behind a series of unexplained deaths before she was arrested.

Letby is serving 15 whole-life orders after she was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others, with two attempts on one of her victims.

One of the core aims of the Inquiry, set up in September 2023, was to consider how an NHS Trust responds to, reacts and treats concerns raised by staff of serious criminal actions in its own hospital.