An inspection team from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) was not told of a spike in neonatal mortality or that a number of the deaths were unexpected and unexplained when they visited the hospital in mid-February 2016.

Health inspectors were not told of concerns about unexplained deaths at a hospital’s neonatal unit where Lucy Letby worked, a public inquiry has heard. A team from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) watchdog carried out a routine inspection of the Countess of Chester Hospital over four days in February 2016.

Inspectors from a healthcare watchdog were not told of concerns about unexplained and unexpected deaths at the Countess of Chester Hospital's neonatal unit, a public inquiry has heard. A team from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) carried out a routine inspection of the hospital on a four-day visit in February 2016 with unannounced visits in the weeks that followed.

CQC inspectors not told of concerns over deaths at Letby hospital, inquiry hears - During the period of the first inspection, child serial killer nurse Lucy Letby attempted to murder a baby girl.