Doctors who repeatedly raised the alarm about Britain’s worst serial child killer have told how their concerns were first ignored by hospital management and they were forced to apologise to the murderer. 

One of the doctors, paediatrician Dr Ravi Jayaram, says they were threatened with “consequences” over their claims and had to agree to work with the neonatal nurse, as well as being made to apologise to her in person.

The UK government has now ordered an inquiry into why the concerns of senior doctors on the neonatal unit were not properly investigated.

On Monday, Ms Letby was sentenced to life imprisonment with no prospect of release after being found guilty last week of seven counts of murder and six of attempted murder following a 10-month trial at Manchester Crown Court.