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.

The former chief executive of the hospital where Lucy Letby attacked and killed babies has denied "stalling" the police investigation into her crimes. Tony Chambers was in charge at the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016 when Letby murdered seven infants and tried to kill another seven.

A hospital boss has described claims that he stalled a police investigation into baby deaths, and sought to ruin the careers of two consultants, as “outrageous”, the public inquiry into the crimes of Lucy Letby has heard.

The former chief executive of the hospital where Lucy Letby murdered seven babies has denied being guilty of "utterly reprehensible behaviour" to keep doctors' concerns about the nurse from becoming public.

The former medical director of the hospital where Lucy Letby murdered babies has apologised to consultants “if they felt intimidated” by him. Ian Harvey was the most senior doctor at the Countess of Chester Hospital when the nurse killed seven infants and tried to take the lives of seven others between 2015 and 2016.

Lucy Letby's father threatened a hospital boss while the trust was examining claims that the neonatal nurse was attacking babies in her care, an inquiry has heard.

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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.