It was reported in various news sources (see for example here on the BBC) that one of the hospital bosses in charge of the NHS Trust where Lucy Letby committed her crimes was arrested by the Police on suspicion of perverting the course of justice this week.
The limited information about the ‘Hospital Boss’ have given me a lot of questions, including:
Why wasn’t the individual named? Lucy Letby was named before being found guilty, so surely it can’t be about protecting the individual’s identity.
Three other hospital bosses were arrested in June/June 2025 (see this previous BBC News report), but there has been no update. Why?
Are any of these hospital bosses professionally registered, and if so, have they all informed their professional bodies (such as the General Medical Council, the Nursing & Midwifery Council, etc.) of the allegations made against them?
Have any of these hospital bosses, who may have moved on to roles in other NHS Trusts/Other Employers, made their new employers aware of these allegations?
What happened to the idea of having a regulating body for senior healthcare leaders who are not otherwise professionally regulated? This idea seems to have been completely forgotten about.
Who are the Police using as professional advisors? They will require experts in the field to advise whether any evidence they discover is expected practice or not and if the evidence demonstrates corporate manslaughter or gross negligence. In Lucy Letby’s case the Police used a very questionable expert to help to convict Letby. I hope they don’t repeat this mistake.
What does suspicion of perverting the course of justice mean in relation to this case?
What support have the families been offered in relation to these on-going enquiries?
Are the Police including only the cases that Lucy Letby was convicted on or looking at all cases of infant deaths on the neonatal unit? If so, what time period are they looking at? The reports indicate that the Police are investigating corporate manslaughter and gross negligence manslaughter, both of which could have been happening before the crimes of Lucy Letby. They could even still be continuing.
What is the NHS Trust doing to ensure nothing like this ever happens again?
What is the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) role in all this? The CQC last inspected this NHS Trust in the end of 2023, rated most areas as Requires Improvement (in the areas of Safe, Effective, Responsive & Well-led). I want to be clear: This is not a criticism of the CQC. Just a question. An idea I have thought about is the CQC perhaps having legal set timeframe for returning to any healthcare organisation that has areas that Requires Improvement?
Why hasn’t the Department for Health & Social Care released any statement about this or anything that is being done at the NHS Trust to improve? Surely, this would reassure local people.
I’m hoping that time will provide answers to at least some of these questions, if not all of them.
Late last week the BBC announced that they had sacked Scott Mills, Radio DJ, due to ‘personal conduct.’ Almost immediate after this announcement, it was reported that his BBC colleagues where shocked by this news.
Since then, there have been countless reports in the media and an infinite number of discussions online about Scott Mills and why the BBC sacked him.
I’ve read a lot of speculation, many assumptions and an awful lot judgements made about both Scott Mills and the BBC. But what I haven’t read are many facts.
I’m not sure why more details haven’t been shared with the public. But this noticeable lack of factual information seems to have led to most people to assume Scott Mills is guilty of something. Many people are assuming that Scott Mills has done something heinous and potentially illegal.
It doesn’t help that the BBC hasn’t got a great track record when it comes to dealing with abuses and crimes by its Talent/Stars. Just think of Huw Edwards & Jimmy Savile as examples of this.
The truth of the matter is that right now, we just don’t know why Scott Mills was sacked. I think that as time progresses more facts will emerge. As facts are disclosed, I hope they justify the BBC’s sacking of Scott Mills and their handling of the situation.
Otherwise, the BBC will be highly criticised and rightly so. If Scott Mills has done nothing wrong, or something very minor, the BBC’s actions could potentially not just ruin his career, but his life too.
I am choosing to reserve any judgement of Scott Mills or the BBC’s actions until I have more information and I suggest you do too.
The time travelling two-hearted alien is back! Doctor Who returned to our screens at Christmas and has been fantastic.
Christmas Special: The Church on Ruby Road
The Doctor likes to dance.
A ‘Foundling’ is an abandoned baby.
Repeated accidents are a sign of Goblins.
Golbins are real, sing and have a King.
Episode 1 – Space Babies
The Doctor lives for days of adventure.
The law doesn’t always make sense.
Every person or creature is unique in the universe.
Nobody grows up wrong.
Sometimes technology takes things literally.
Good people sometimes do bad things whilst trying to protect others.
Episode 2 – The Devil’s Chord
Life without music would be awefully dull.
The impact The Beatles had was global and transformative.
Music can be wonderful or terrible.
According to The Doctor: “Music is the highest form of thought.”
Episode 3 – Boom
Dad’s should never let their children down.
The Doctor is enough annumition to destroy only half a planet. To be honest, I expected him to take out at least half a solar sytem.
War, business and an Artifical Intelligence make a bad combination.
The Doctor has excellent control of his adrenealine and other human involuntary processes.
Churches can become armies.
Episode 4 – 73 Yards
Saving the world can be done through fear, fright and flight.
The Doctor can disappear without a trace.
Sometimes it takes a lifetime to work out what’s going on.
Rejection is emotionally harmful and can be a devastating and heartbreaking experience.
Episode 5 – Dot and Bubble
Spending too much time in social media can lead you to missing what’s happening in the real world – including human eating monsters.
Sometimes The Doctor saves people who are not nice. Think when Lindy said to The Doctor: “You’re not like us, are you?”
Some people will do anything to save their selves. Including sacrificing others.
Some human eating monsters like to work through their list of prey alphabetically.
Episode 6 – Rogue
The Doctor could fall in love with a man. This makes The Doctor not only wonderfully complex, but gay, lesbian and bisexual depending on his/her current gender.
Some aliens come to Earth for entertainment.
Some aliens have faces inspired by birds.
Rogue gets lost in another dimension forever. This is emotionally painful for The Doctor, showing that he can experience love-like feelings.
Episode 7 – The Legend of Ruby Sunday
Susan is the name of The Doctor’s granddaughter.
Everyone loves Davina McCall.
An old enemy returns with the power to kill.
Kate Commander in Chief of UNIT cares about the lives of her staff.
Episode 8 – Empire of Death
Kate puts her hope in The Doctor.
The mysterious old white-haired woman (photo in episode 7) “had such plans.” But what where or are they? And who is she?
The Doctor is the one that brings death.
Sometimes a happy for now ending is more than satisfactory. In fact it’s wonderful and heart touching.
Caroline Aherne was the comedy genius responsible for The Mrs Merton Show and The Royale Family. Caroline was from Manchester, the North West of England.
Caroline had a tragic life including being born with a rare form of eye cancer, being a victim of domestic violence & abuse in her marriage, suffering with depression/possibly bipolar, alcohol dependency, bladder cancer and died of lung cancer at just 52 years old.
Despite all this tragedy and suffering, she had the wonderful gift of being naturally funny. It is for this talent and skill that she is remembered by friends in the BBC’s Caroline Ahern: Queen of Comedy documentary.
This excellent documentary is well worth a watch. It showed Caroline’s love of life with TV clips and interviews with friends, her humour and the impact she had on individuals lucky enough to know her.
So go check it out. Until next time,
Antony
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