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The head of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Paul Rees, has acknowledged that the organization should have acted more swiftly in response to concerns raised about nurse Lucy Letby, who was subsequently convicted of murdering babies. Rees admitted that Letby should have been suspended when she was first arrested in July 2018, but continued to work without any restrictions until she was charged in November 2020. Letby, a neonatal nurse from Hereford, was convicted of killing seven babies and attempting to murder seven others between 2015 and 2016.
In response to the case, the NMC has updated its rules to allow for temporary suspension orders to be issued without waiting for formal charges to be laid. According to Rees, the revised guidance ensures that swift action can be taken in cases of serious criminal wrongdoing. He acknowledged the possibility of criticism from the public inquiry examining the NMC’s handling of Letby’s case, stating that the organization should have acted more decisively.
The NMC first received concerns about Letby in July 2016, when consultant paediatricians expressed fears about her conduct on the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital. Letby was moved to non-clinical duties, but the planned return to the unit was postponed when hospital officials contacted police in May 2017 due to suspicions of deliberate harm. Despite these red flags, Letby continued to work until her arrest in July 2018. A senior NMC lawyer determined that without formal charges, there were insufficient grounds to suspend Letby’s practice.
Letby was ultimately convicted of multiple murders and attempted murders, receiving several whole-life sentences. She was formally stripped of her nursing credentials and removed from the NMC register following her conviction. Further legal action was taken against Letby in subsequent years, culminating in additional life sentences for attempted murder
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