字号·· | 护眼
卫报

莱特比案调查将导致NHS内部更多指责和怀疑 — 患者将变得更不安全The Letby case inquiry will lead to more blame and suspicion in the NHS – and patients will be less safe

点「原文对照」整页切到原文,或双击某段只看那段的原文。

“英国国家医疗服务体系在招聘和留住员工方面已经面临巨大挑战。我们需要那些确实承担这项艰巨工作的人有足够的信心做出决定。”照片:杰夫·摩尔/英国新闻联合社‘The NHS already faces enormous challenges in recruiting and retaining staff. We need people who do take on this challenging work to feel confident enough to make decisions.’ Photograph: Jeff Moore/PA

我担心接下来会发生什么,因为医护人员必须能够提出问题、表达担忧并承认错误。一个防御性的员工队伍对每个人都很危险。马克·麦克唐纳德是露西·莱特比的辩护律师。我过去两年一直担任露西·莱特比的辩护律师。我花费了数千小时审查证据、与专家交谈,并检查了在切斯特伯爵医院新生儿科中死亡或严重不适的婴儿所发生的事情。

I fear for what comes next because medics must be able to ask questions, raise concerns and admit mistakes. A defensive staff is dangerous for everyone Mark McDonald is a barrister representing Lucy Letby I have been Lucy Letby’s barrister for the past two years. I have spent thousands of hours going through the evidence, speaking to experts and examining what happened to the babies who died or became seriously unwell on the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester hospital.

我与近30位专家合作,其中包括国际公认的新生儿学、病理学、胰岛素、统计学及其他领域的专家。这对某些人来说可能是一个令人不安的事实,但我确信莱特比是无辜的,她的定罪代表了现代英国法律史上最严重的司法误判之一。这意味着她被警方、NHS、刑事司法系统以及重要的是,一大批 simplesmente 得出错误结论的专家所辜负。

I have worked with nearly 30 experts, including internationally recognised specialists in neonatology, pathology, insulin, statistics and other fields. It may be to some an inconvenient truth, but I am convinced that Letby is innocent, and her convictions represent one of the most serious miscarriages of justice in modern British legal history. That means she was failed by the police, the NHS, the criminal justice system and, importantly, a plethora of experts who simply got it wrong.

我对该案的工作也引发了对新生儿科死亡事件周围证据和结论的更广泛担忧,以及从这个案件中汲取的教训对新生儿医学领域的医生和护士意味着什么。马克·麦克唐纳德是一名专注于司法误判的刑事辩护和人权律师。

My work on the case has also raised wider concerns about the evidence and conclusions surrounding the deaths on the neonatal unit, and what the lessons being drawn from this case will mean for doctors and nurses in neonatal medicine. Mark McDonald is a criminal defence and human rights barrister specialising in miscarriages of justice

阅读媒体原文 ↗