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An independent inquiry into the case of convicted nurse Lucy Letby has found that a UK hospital failed to protect babies in its care, concluding that parents were kept in the dark while the hospital conducted secret internal reviews of suspicions against her. The findings detail a pattern of institutional failure that allowed harm to continue. The inquiry's conclusions are likely to intensify calls for accountability among hospital administrators and add to the broader reckoning over how the case was initially handled before Letby's conviction.