Context
In September 2016, seven consultant paediatricians at the Countess of Chester Hospital jointly wrote to the Trust’s executive team demanding that Cheshire Police be contacted about the cluster of unexpected deaths on the neonatal unit. The letter was exhibited at the Thirlwall Inquiry. The executives did not contact police until May 2017 — nearly eight months later. The document below is summarised from the exhibit; the full letter is available on the Thirlwall Inquiry site.
Summary of the letter
What to read alongside this
See Dr Brearey’s Thirlwall evidence and Tony Chambers’s Thirlwall evidence, which address the executive response to this letter.