Some parents only told about care concerns after Letby's arrest
Judith Moritz
Reporting from the inquiry
Baker says the parents of children C, G and H were only told that there had been any issues with their children’s care when they were phoned by police on the morning of Letby’s arrest on 3 July 2018.
That "lack of transparency" extended to the coroner, he adds.
Families believe hospital was 'dishonest', their lawyer says
Judith Moritz
Reporting from the inquiry
Baker draws the inquiry's attention to the full report by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, which he says wasn’t provided to families.
The decision to redact the report, removing references to Letby, was a "blatant lack of candour", he says.
“The families believe the management of the hospital were dishonest and covered up what happened, possibly to protect reputations," Baker says.
Hospital management accused of 'whitewash'
Judith Moritz
Reporting from the inquiry
Baker moves on to talk about a meeting in February 2017 between the mother of Child C and the then medical director Ian Harvey.
Baker says Harvey told her there was nothing more that could have been done [to prevent the child's death].
"If the inquiry accepts the mother’s evidence, Ian Harvey lied to her," he says.
He adds that Harvey knew parents had only been provided with the redacted Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health report and he "was aware at that time of concerns of Lucy Letby being involved in harming children."
The families he is representing accuse the hospital management of a "whitewash", he says.