there is one i want to bring you from dame ruth may, the chief nursing 0fficerfor england, and she saysere a terrible betrayal of the trust placed in her, and our thoughts are with the families affected who have experienced pain and suffering more than we can imagine. colleagues across the service have been shocked and sickened to learn what she did. action is beyond belief to the nurses and staff who were working so hard to save lives and to care for patients. 0n hard to save lives and to care for patients. on behalf of us all, i would like to express our profound apologies to the families for all that they have been through, and it concludes by saying the nhs is fully committed to doing everything we can to prevent anything like this ever happening again, and we welcome the independent inquiry announced by the department of health and social care to help ensure that we learn every possible lesson from this awful case. that is the inquiry that has been announced by the government just in the last few minutes. i also want to remind you of the statements that we heard here on the court s