A doctor who voiced suspicions about convicted killer Lucy Letby harming babies has said he should have gone to the police sooner.
Dr Stephen Brearey, speaking for the first time since the publication of the Thirlwall Inquiry report into events at the Countess of Chester Hospital in Cheshire, said he was naive to believe hospital managers would act on his concerns.
He was the lead neonatal consultant at the hospital when Letby murdered seven babies and attempted to murder others.
Dr Brearey told the inquiry his warnings about Letby were repeatedly ignored.
He also said there was a ‘toxic negativity’ within the NHS and called
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