Hospital’s Face of a Fundraiser, Nurse Turned Murderer: Lucy Letby’s Dark Past
In a chilling discovery during a public inquiry, it was revealed that convicted serial killer Lucy Letby, who murdered seven babies and attempted to kill six others, served as the very face of a multimillion-dollar fundraising campaign for the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit.
Letby, now serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole, was prominently featured in promotional leaflets, posters, and newspaper articles for the hospital’s "Babygrow Appeal," which launched in 2013. Her image was used widely to garner public support and donations.
"There was various promotional material and leaflets and posters, and Lucy Letby appeared on quite a few of those," testified Simon Holden, the hospital’s former chief financial officer. "Nurse Letby was the face of that appeal in effect."
Shockingly, this information emerged just weeks after the inquiry into Letby’s murders commenced in Liverpool Town Hall. The devastating revelation has sent shockwaves through the community, raising serious questions about how Letby, who had already been the subject of internal concerns, could have been chosen as the public face of such a vital campaign.
Adding to the tragedy is the fact that Letby even provided a staff profile for the Chester Standard newspaper while the Babygrow Appeal was in its early stages. The young nurse, who had joined the neonatal unit full time in January 2012, expressed her “enjoyment” in seeing babies progress and described her hopes for a new “greater degree of privacy and space for parents and siblings.”
Letby’s profile paints a stark contrast to the horrific crimes she committed, leaving families devastated by grief and a nation grappling with the horrifying reality that a trusted caregiver could inflict such unimaginable harm. Her promotional role in the Babygrow Appeal underscores the deeply unsettling truth that evil can often hide behind charming facades.
Moreover, the testimony by Andrew Higgins, a former hospital board member, revealed that authorities should have involved the police earlier. Internal reviews conducted at the hospital, which initially focused on the increase in infant deaths, proved inconclusive and delayed proper investigation.
“For too long, the trust treated investigations into the increase in deaths too much like those in other mortality or serious incident reviews,” Higgins stated.
The inquiry continues, with the aim of unraveling the full extent of institutional failures that allowed Letby’s crimes to continue undetected for so long. The бъдатy case has left a deep scar on the healthcare system in the United Kingdom, prompting a national conversation about patient safety and the prosecution of medical professionals who abuse their positions of trust.
