Letby case: families like ours haunted by ‘what might have been’

Nurse whose grandson was on the Countess of Chester neonatal unit where nurse Lucy Letby worked describes the lasting impact

I have been a children’s nurse for 40 years, so as soon as I saw the first photo of my new grandson I knew something wasn’t right.

Delivered by emergency caesarean section a few hours earlier, he was wearing a hat and his eyes were closed and his face purple. He looked moribund. A few hours later, in the middle of the night, he was moved to the Countess of Chester Hospital neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

An unexpected and shocking call, long after what we had regarded as live-saving care