Context
Karen Rees was Head of Nursing for Urgent Care and the on-call duty manager on the night of 23 June 2016, when consultants demanded that Letby be removed from the neonatal unit mid-shift. Her Thirlwall Inquiry evidence addresses that specific night and the escalation chain.
Key passages
Karen Rees
On that night, I did not have the clinical concern that the consultants had. Had I had that concern, I would have acted differently.
Counsel to the Inquiry
The consultants were telling you, in terms, that they believed a nurse on their unit was harming babies. You decided not to remove her mid-shift. Is that correct?
Karen Rees
That is correct. I took the view at the time that the clinical evidence did not justify the step they were asking for. I accept that was wrong.
What to read alongside this
See our profile of Karen Rees. The 30 June 2016 entry on the timeline covers the events that followed that shift.