The NHS hospital where the neonatal nurse Lucy Letby worked has been censured by England’s healthcare regulator over failings in emergency care.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) identified “critical gaps” in sepsis treatment, “visibly dirty equipment” and infection control, and corridor care that compromised patient safety in urgent and emergency services at the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.1
After its investigation in February the healthcare regulator served the trust with a warning notice, concluding that services in this area fell below legal standards. It said that the trust had failed to make improvements after concerns were identified in previous inspections, and it has rated care in this area as “inadequate.”
Letby, a former trust employee, was found guilty of killing seven …
