Beneath chandeliers in the hall's grand ballroom, the Countess of Chester's respective former directors of nursing Alison Kelly, medical Ian Harvey, HR Sue Hodkinson, and ex-chief executive Tony Chambers spoke in public for the first time.

After Letby was removed from caring for babies over safety concerns, then-hospital chief executive Tony Chambers told her: “Your resilience, Lucy, you astound me.”

Lucy Letby injected air into two triplet boys on successive days at the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit in June 2016 as part of a series of attacks on infants

Tony Chambers, the CEO of the Countess of Chester Hospital, met with the now convicted baby killer and her parents - and said her dad had made threats to staff

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Lucy Letby’s father threatened to hold a gun to the head of the chief executive of the hospital she worked at, a public inquiry has heard.

A retired hospital chief has denied he could have prevented the murders of two triplet boys by nurse Lucy Letby, a public inquiry has heard.

Tony Chambers, former chief executive at the Countess of Chester Hospital, has been accused of being too slow to act on fears raised over babies' deaths.

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The conversation came after the child serial killer was given an administrative role following fears for her patients’ safety.