Lucy Letby worked so much overtime that her manager was not suspicious when babies died on her watch, the Thirlwall Inquiry has heard.

Lucy Letby gave a potentially fatal dose of morphine, 10 times the correct amount, to a newborn baby two years before she murdered her first victim, an inquiry has heard. The baby received the painkiller at the end of a night shift in July 2013 and could have died if colleagues at handover had not spotted the error an hour later.

Lucy Letby's exchanges with fellow nurses and doctors at the Countess of Chester Hospital during her year-long killing spree have been exposed in the Thirlwall Inquiry

Lucy Letby gave a potentially fatal dose of morphine to a newborn two years before babies began dying unexpectedly at the Countess of Chester Hospital, the Thirlwall Inquiry has heard.

The mistake was spotted quickly and the baby suffered no ill-effects, the inquiry heard. Ms Farmer said Letby was not far into her nursing career at the time, but was outside the

The neo-natal nurse made the mistake in July 2013, when she administered ten times the correct dose to the infant via an intravenous drip at the end of a night shift.

Lucy Letby told a colleague on her first day of work at the Countess of Chester Hospital that she “couldn’t wait for my first death to get it out of the way”, the Thirlwall Inquiry was told.

Lucy Letby gave a baby 10 times the prescribed dose of morphine "in error" two years before her killing spree began, a public inquiry has heard. The nurse was then unhappy at being told she could no longer administer controlled drugs at the Countess of Chester Hospital after the incident in July 2013.

Lucy Letby gave a potentially fatal dose of morphine to a newborn baby two years before she murdered her first victim, an inquiry has heard. The infant received 10 times the correct amount of the painkiller at the end of a night shift in July 2013 and could have died if colleagues at handover had not spotted the error an hour later.