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September 2026: Thirlwall Inquiry final report published (15 September) — a complete failure to protect babies, 17 recommendations, and no finding on the guilt of Lucy Letby or her convictions · CCRC review continues · inquests relisted to 2027 · Shoo Lee Panel: no medical evidence of deliberate harm.

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Conflict-map · Post-conviction medical experts

Dr Michael Fox

Diving-medicine specialist (RN Submarine Escape Tank)

Diving medicinePost-conviction expert claim2Expert/professional

Main contribution

Retired Royal Navy diving-medicine consultant. Air-embolism mechanism specialist with operational hyperbaric experience.

Key claim

The volumes, vascular access points and time-course alleged at trial are not consistent with the operational physiology of intravenous air embolism in a preterm infant.

Conflict-map topics this expert participates in

  • Air embolism

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Full biographical profile

Dr Michael Fox — biography

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