Inquiry hears Alison Kelly was told in 2016 about Letby link to rise in baby deaths at the Countess of Chester hospital

A hospital executive has denied being “too slow” to act over concerns that Lucy Letby could be harming babies but admitted she failed to treat it as a safeguarding issue.

Alison Kelly, the executive lead for safeguarding children at the Countess of Chester hospital, was told by senior doctors in May 2016 that Letby was linked to an increase in baby deaths on the neonatal unit.