‘We took too long’: Jeremy Hunt offers apology to families of Letby’s victims

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‘We took too long’: Jeremy Hunt offers apology to families of Letby’s victims

Former health minister says medical examiners, who spot cases of intentional harm, could have been in place earlier

Jeremy Hunt has said ministers took “too long” to introduce medical examiners to investigate deaths in the NHS, as he apologised to the families of Lucy Letby’s victims.

Giving evidence at the Thirlwall inquiry on Thursday, the former health secretary said he had “ultimate responsibility” for the NHS at the time Letby committed her “appalling crime” of murdering babies at the Countess of Chester hospital in 2015 and 2016.

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