UK - Nurse Lucy Letby, murder of babies, 7 Guilty of murder verdicts; 8 Guilty of attempted murder; 2 Not Guilty of attempted; 5 hung re attempted #38

[Jules2021]

@Marantz4250b and @marynnu yes I do wonder if she wasn't so much almost "caught in the act" but that she planned it knowing the mother would be coming down soon.

 

[Marantz4250b]

Yep, thrill seeking behavior in conjunction with a Messiah complex is never a good combination.

 

[belinda15]

If some of the doctors had been suspecting LL of harming babies for some time, I wonder why they didn't arrange for fellow members of staff to watch her particularly carefully. I thought they would have done that before escalating their concerns to the managers, yet we have never heard they did that.

 

[iamshadow21]

If some of the doctors had been suspecting LL of harming babies for some time, I wonder why they didn't arrange for fellow members of staff to watch her particularly carefully. I thought they would have done that before escalating their concerns to the managers, yet we have never heard they did that.

It's not the job of the doctors to do this. They followed protocol, only to be stonewalled by management.

MOO

 

[Sweeper2000]

If some of the doctors had been suspecting LL of harming babies for some time, I wonder why they didn't arrange for fellow members of staff to watch her particularly carefully. I thought they would have done that before escalating their concerns to the managers, yet we have never heard they did that.

Yeh that's against the rules. Discrimination etc. Would have jeopardised their own positions. If anything the management would have had that authority as well and they were mostly anti docs and pro letby. If management had of been more scrutinising they could have placed letby within a kind of practice oversight by someone to make sure she's up to scratch but she was fully qualified. Honestly the docs are responsible for medical aspects the management are responsible for staff oversight so it is 100% on them.

 

[marynnu]

If some of the doctors had been suspecting LL of harming babies for some time, I wonder why they didn't arrange for fellow members of staff to watch her particularly carefully. I thought they would have done that before escalating their concerns to the managers, yet we have never heard they did that.

That would be impossible. Doctors can't ask nursing staff to do such a thing. It woukd be completely unethical, and what's more they would have immediately reported such a suggestion to the ward manager. There aren't enough nurses to keep an eye on each other in any case!

 

[Marantz4250b]

If some of the doctors had been suspecting LL of harming babies for some time, I wonder why they didn't arrange for fellow members of staff to watch her particularly carefully. I thought they would have done that before escalating their concerns to the managers, yet we have never heard they did that.

But they were watching her themselves, essentially. They can't just assign someone to watch her for all the reasons already mentioned. Also, remember, that she was friends with the majority of the nursing staff so who do you chose to watch her who isn't going to tell her what's going on?

It's a total non-starter.