Decision over inquiry will likely depend on what the chair of review decides
for the murder of seven babies and the attempted killings of six more while she was a nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital between 2015 and 2016.
The move has prompted concerns from Tory MPs, former nurses leaders and lawyers representing the victims’ families, who warned the inquiry does not go far enough and demanded an inquiry with “real teeth”.understands that the Department for Health and Social Care decided to launch a non-statutory inquiry after speaking to stakeholders involved, with a belief that such an approach would be quicker.
Downing Street has not ruled out giving the probe full statutory powers, with the Prime Minister’s spokesman stating the aim was to ensure theFormer justice secretary Robert Buckland toldIt followed similar demands from Sir Keir Starmer, who said it was what the victims’ families wanted, which was a “really important consideration”.
“So I think it has to be a statutory inquiry. I don’t think that needs to hold things up. We could get on with that very quickly.”
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