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Ex Consultant Obs & Gyn. West Ham fan. Marillion and Genesis devotee. Past, present and future posts represent solely my own view and opinion.
Jul 21 7 tweets 2 min read
File on 4 Investigates - Letby Hospital: Maternity failings at the Countess of Chester - BBC Sounds

From the time of my first interest and involvement in the #LucyLetby case I declared that the failure to forensically investigate the Maternity and ...share.google/2LLGg6C5UrDezF… ...Obstetric records of the indictment cases was a medicolegal travesty. It was obvous that many of the babies were very far from 'well and stable' as the hapless Dewi Evans claimed. I also felt that it was remotely unlikely that a Maternity Unit, with such demonstrably poor...
Sep 29, 2025 9 tweets 2 min read
Attached are some released Thirlwall Inquiry documents related to #LucyLetby Baby D, who she was convicted of murdering. These documents are as enlightening as they are deeply concerning.
The mother of baby D experienced significantly prolonged pre-labour rupture of the membranes Image
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..at term (her waters broke prior to labour onset, providing a possible ascending infection route). The reported duration of this being uncertain but reported up to 60 hours. She was induced to promote progress into labour, itself likely to potentially increase infection risk...
Sep 2, 2025 13 tweets 4 min read
Of the literally thousands of documents that I have read, since becoming interested in the #LucyLetby case and conviction, this document, released from the Thirlwall Inquiry today is, without doubt, the most astonishing and utterly condemning of how her case was handled at CofCH Image One document that entirely blows the lid off, not only what has become increasingly clear was a failing clinical service, but how senior Clinicians, Managers and Lawyers conspired to scapegoat an individual to protect their and the Trust's reputations. It is condemningly damaging