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April 2026: Thirlwall Inquiry final report due after Easter · CCRC still reviewing 31+ independent expert reports · Shoo Lee Panel (Feb 2025): no medical evidence of deliberate harm.

Lucy Letby Facts

Printable briefings

Fact sheets

One-page briefings designed to print cleanly (hit “Save as PDF” in the print dialog) and to share with anyone who asks “what’s this case actually about?”

The Shoo Lee Panel — one page

14 international neonatologists. No medical evidence of deliberate harm.

Prints the Evidence Problems page and the Panel summary.

Institutional failings — one page

Who delayed the police referral, who managed the consultants out, who signed off the RCPCH framing.

Prints the Officials & Failings catalog in a compact print layout.

Case timeline — one page

2015 to 2026: the deaths, the delays, the convictions, the new expert evidence.

Prints the full timeline with sources.

MP briefing — one page

What to say to your MP: the CCRC application, the Thirlwall Inquiry, the Panel findings.

Prints the Get Involved MP letter template.

Key Panel conclusions at a glance

  • In every case reviewed, the cause of collapse or death was explicable by natural causes, prematurity, or identifiable sub-optimal clinical care.
  • The signs of air embolism described at trial do not match those in the medical literature, including Dr Lee's own 1989 paper cited by the prosecution.
  • The Roche insulin immunoassay evidence is unreliable for forensic use and was not confirmed by mass spectrometry.
  • Staffing levels, unit designation and infant acuity at the Countess of Chester neonatal unit in 2015–2016 were inadequate for the complexity of care being delivered.
  • The Panel recommends that the convictions be urgently re-examined by the CCRC and the Court of Appeal.

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