Alison Kelly was director of nursing at the Countess of Chester Hospital where Letby murdered seven babies and attempted to murder seven others.

Ms Kelly tells the inquiry she didn't alert police sooner as there was "no actual evidence as in nobody had seen her do anything" and that she hadn't regarded the rise in baby deaths as a safeguarding issue.

Lucy Letby's former boss has admitted she "didn’t get everything right at the time" but insisted the decisions she made "were done with the best intentions".

Alison Kelly was director of nursing when Letby attacked babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016. She said she had “good intentions”, despite failing to escalate concerns about the nurse.

Alison Kelly was director of nursing at the Countess of Chester Hospital when Letby attacked babies on the neonatal unit between June 2015 and June 2016. | ITV News Granada

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Alison Kelly was the director of nursing at the Countess of Chester Hospital when the nurse attacked and murdered babies on the neonatal unit, between June 2015 and June 2016.

Alison Kelly was director of nursing at the Countess of Chester Hospital during the period when Lucy Letby attacked babies on the neonatal unit.