DID NHS FAIL TO LEARN LESSONS OF KILLER MEDICS?

Letby probe on scandals. Parents to quiz hospital

- HOLLIE BONE

IN the wake of Beverley Allitt and Harold Shipman's murder sprees, a string of recommendations followed to try to prevent further serial killers operating in the NHS.

But after Lucy Letby was allowed to kill seven babies, the probe into her crimes will examine if bosses learned anything from those horrific episodes.

The Thirlwall Inquiry, which opens tomorrow, is to urge the parents of her tiny victims to share their ordeals and let them quiz hospital bosses.

Barrister Sir Robert Francis KC has been asked to examine how the NHS responded to Allitt and Shipman's orgies of death.

Solicitor Tamlin Bolton, representing families of six Letby INQUIRY Lady victims, said: "He has been asked to look back at things like Shipman, Beverley Allitt, the Mid-Staffs inquiry and consider the recommendations that followed.