Dr Phil Hammond 💙
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Comic, author, speaker, retired doctor, Private Eye's medical correspondent MD. Stories: [email protected] Inquiries: [email protected]
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Joined March 2010
All 32 of my @PrivateEyeNews columns on Lucy Letby are available here. She was never observed harming a baby, the forensic evidence against her is very poor and experts of far higher standing than those who gave evidence at her trial have concluded that all of the deaths and
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I am not sure what evidential basis Lucy Letby’s childhood friend relies upon beyond personal connection, but speaking as an instructed medical expert in this case who has examined the available DATIX reports, internal consultant correspondence, as well as the babies’ medical
"Lucy Letby is being used as a 'scapegoat' to cover for the failings of senior doctors in the neonatal unit of the Countess of Chester Hospital, her childhood friend has claimed." https://t.co/TRlBbKrq2j
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In 2017, Cheshire Police IGNORED National Crime Agency advice to assemble a broad panel of experts. Instead, they appeared to take the word of one retired paediatrician who said he could do the lot single-handedly. Gobsmacking new information on the Lucy Letby case 🧵(1/15)
"It was a lightbulb moment". Steve Watts, the detective who was UK's ex-lead for the Investigation of Deaths in Health Care Settings, describes the moment he realised where the police investigation into Lucy Letby went off the rails. (47m 38s) 🧵(1/13) https://t.co/cwhyNzikKo
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"Brooks is a Private Eye man but no idle laughing iconoclast: there is a deep seriousness in his analysis of the legal, corporate & political failings that led to this catastrophe" Review in The Times of Post Mortem by Richard Brooks. https://t.co/v0z9lYXpsm How the Post
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In his forensic, seething account, Post Mortem, the Private Eye journalist Richard Brooks dives deep into the biggest miscarriage of justice in British history
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The “midwives vs medics” rhetoric is harmful to women and babies. We need collaboration to replace competition and mutual respect to replace territorialism. Patient safety and family integrated care go hand in hand - they are not opposites. Of course holistic, compassionate
A hospital under investigation for poor maternity care spent a decade pursuing a “normal birth” ideology that families believe compromised safety:
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Reform is reporting £331 million in savings across the councils it runs, but Private Eye’s Rotten Boroughs writer Saba Salman says the claims are complete guff. In Kent, the party’s flagship council, supposed tens of millions in savings include cutting councillor allowances
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🎧 New PAGE 94 Podcast OUT NOW This week: Unwise Councils Rotten Boroughs correspondent Saba Salman joins Adam, Helen and Andy to discuss the Reform Party, Your Party, the Democratic Party and Part 94 of who's going to own the Telegraph. Listen: https://t.co/CbxxrmdJi2
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. @KiBcharity is a fabulous charity that connects communities across generations. Please support if you can. Thanks to @thetimes for choosing it as a Christmas charity. And check out the dance moves..: https://t.co/NUxqIOauA0
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The beautiful, heartfelt speech given by Lucy Letby's loyal friend Dawn at the recent Manchester conference "From flawed beginnings to broken lives" hosted by @InnocenceMCR and @nineteen_nurses
https://t.co/WFrmdWiTZ5
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This is the most scientifically rigorous of the Letby documentaries, and deservedly nominated for the Broadcast Awards' Best Current Affairs Programme
For those based in the UK, "Lucy Letby: Beyond Reasonable Doubt?" is now viewable on YouTube as well as ITVX:
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After Lucy Letby was convicted in August 2023 of murdering seven babies, a number of experts contacted Eye columnist MD because they “believe the science and statistics presented at the trial were incomplete and flawed and that the case against Letby was not proven beyond
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I personally think all the reports from all the experts should be released in anonymized form, including those from her original defence team, alongside anonymized clinical notes. Only then will expert witnesses be held to account for what they wrote. And it will be very clear
@drphilhammond @PrivateEyeNews No one observed Allitt harming a baby either Phil Do you think the reports of the experts instructed by her original defence team should be published, or would that not suit the narrative ?
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Post Mortem, by Private Eye’s Richard Brooks, chronicling how the Post Office scandal and cover-up developed and later unravelled, is on sale now at all good bookshops. ➡️ Available at: https://t.co/1syucrsdww
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. @KiBcharity is a fabulous charity, connecting communities across generations, and I’m proud to be a patron @thetimes
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COP30 in Brazil was billed as the “implementation summit”, when hot air turned to action. But Edelman, the PR firm that won the contract to promote the climate summit, was pulling in two directions. As well as promoting COP30 for the UN and the Brazilian government, Edelman also
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Last Chance Budget for Reeves The new Private Eye is out now.
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A lawyer's comment on Dr Michael Naughton and Christopher Logan's recent Lucy Letby interview, in link below 'Speaking as a lawyer who is very experienced in conducting both civil and criminal litigation cases the crux of the miscarriage of justice in this case, as is becoming
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