i am dr nigel scawn, i am the medical director here at the countess of chester hospital.i say how deeply saddened and appalled we are at lucy letby's crimes. we are extremely sorry that these crimes were committed at our hospital. and our thoughts continue to be with all the families and loved ones of the babies who came to harm or who died. we cannot begin to understand what they have been through. this case has had a profound impact on our patients and our local community, and also our staff. they come to work every day determined to provide safe and high—quality care for all of our patients. our staff are devastated by what has happened, and we are committed to ensuring that lessons continue to be learned. we are grateful for the cooperation of our staff, especially those that have maintained the utmost professionalism was giving evidence in this trial. sometimes on multiple occasions. we will continue to support them and our other staff to ensure they receive the care and support that they need. we would like to extend our thanks to cheshire police for their extensive

we heard from dr nigel scawn, who is the medical _ one?cawn, who is the medical director here - one? we heard from dr nigel scawn, who is the medical director here at i who is the medical director here at the countess of chester. he is the medicat— the countess of chester. he is the medical director now. he wasn't medicat— medical director now. he wasn't medical director when this all occurred _ medical director when this all occurred in 2015, 2016. that medical director— occurred in 2015, 2016. that medical director then left the trust i think in 2018. — director then left the trust i think in 2018. so— director then left the trust i think in 2018, so dr nigel scawn is a completely fresh pair of hands, if you like — completely fresh pair of hands, if you like. but he did issue a statement saying the trust was extremely sorry for what had happened. he says there has been a profound _ happened. he says there has been a profound impact here on the community, on staff and on patients. he said _ community, on staff and on patients. he said the

the current medical director, dr nigel scawn, he came out and made a statement.questions, but he did say that the hospital board were extremely sorry for what had happened. he said there has been a profound impact on the community, on staff and on patients. he said that staff were devastated by what had happened. he said lessons continued to be learned. he was grateful for the staff cooperating with both the inquiry and the trial for giving evidence at the trial. he thanked the police for the care that they had shown to the investigation and also for the support they gave to the families involved. and he thanked them, also, for the support to those families. and he said, "since lucy letby worked here", he said, we have made significant changes and we want to reassure everyone who accesses care and treatment here that those changes have been made". and he finally said that their thoughts were with families and loved ones at this time. so that was from dr nigel scawn, the medical director at the countess of chester hospital. we've also heard from the former medical

that was dr nigel scawn, the current medical director at the countess of chester hospital. that unit, one of the people who raised concerns that he said were not acted upon, and he has been speaking tojudith moritz. if we go back to the summer of 2015, when did you first become concerned? a review of the care of all three babies was done, and there was nothing in common that we could pin these three deaths on. but the staff analysis did identify that lucy letby was on shift for those three episodes. and did that worry you? well, i think i can remember saying, oh no, it can't be lucy, nice lucy. tell me about when you remember first meeting lucy letby. i don't recall the first time that i met lucy letby. she started work in 2012. she didn't strike me as too different to most nurses on the unit. you didn't have any worries about her doing thejob? i don't think anybody did. it is something that nobody really wants to consider, you know, that a member of staff might be harming the babies under your care. can you give us a sense of what was happening in the unit over the summer

following the verdict yesterday, dr nigel scawn, the medical director at the countess of chester hospitald and asked him why he has come to that decision, given that there are these risks, and that we need full answers. can that there are these risks, and that we need full answers.— that there are these risks, and that we need full answers. can i ask, for clarification. — we need full answers. can i ask, for clarification, people _ we need full answers. can i ask, for clarification, people hearing - we need full answers. can i ask, for clarification, people hearing the - clarification, people hearing the terminology, you said a public inquiry... both of those things are public inquiries. inquiry. .. both of those things are public inquiries.— inquiry... both of those things are public inquiries. yes. that is a thrase public inquiries. yes. that is a phrase that — public inquiries. yes. that is a phrase that covers _ public inquiries. yes. that is a phrase that covers all. - public inquiries. yes. that is a phrase that covers all. and . public inquiries. yes. that is a phrase that covers a