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Calls for tougher NHS regulation in wake of Lucy Letby case

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UK government officials and medical professionals say healthcare system managers need more oversight.

NHS executives should be regulated in a similar way to medical practitioners, the paediatrician who first raised the alarm on Lucy Letby has said. Dr Stephen Brearey said the behaviour and accountability of senior officials within the health service “absolutely” needed to be regulated. Letby is a neonatal nurse found

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