May 2026: Thirlwall Inquiry report delayed to at least September 2026 · six-baby inquests relisted to 2027 · CCRC review active · Shoo Lee Panel: no medical evidence of deliberate harm.
Medicine, Science and the Law publishes 'Use of roster charts in the investigation and prosecution of nurses suspected of inflicting deliberate harm on patients' by Prof. John O'Quigley (UCL). The peer-reviewed paper analyses the statistical information in the roster chart — including the shifts of the 37 other nurses — and concludes that, from a forensic statistical point of view, the chart should not have been put before jurors.
Source: Medicine, Science and the Law (SAGE), 9 December 2025