‘Never again’ Helen Morgan tells Health Secretary over Letby case

North Shropshire MP Helen Morgan spoke in the House of Commons in wake of the management failings connected to the evil crimes of Lucy Letby.

This comes after the announcement of an inquiry into the deaths at Countess of Chester Hospital.

The MP asked the Health Secretary to reassure patients after the events in Chester, and raised management failings at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust as an example of the issues with management in the NHS that have impacted so many.

Helen Morgan MP spoke to ask the Secretary of State:

“My thoughts and prayers and those of my party are with everyone affected by the unspeakably evil crimes of Lucy Letby. Now, in this instance, we have had a serial killer in play, and that makes it unique. But it's clear that there have been management failings. Failings written to senior clinicians, potentially even a cover up. And that, unfortunately, is not a new situation for the NHS.

“As the MP for North Shropshire, I've seen management failings at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust. My colleague for Westmorland and Londsdale has highlighted their failings at Morecambe Bay. We have had numerous inquiries into management failures at the NHS.

“We have said never again so many times, and we are still here. So how can the Secretary of State reassure parents and people whose lives are being treated in the NHS that this time we will say never again and we will mean it?”