British police investigating the hospital where serial killer Lucy Letby was found to have murdered seven babies said Thursday that the probe had widened to include staff suspected of gross negligence manslaughter.

Cheshire Police launched a corporate manslaughter probe into the Countess of Chester Hospital in north west England following Letby’s convictions in 2023.

“This focuses on senior leadership and their decision making to determine whether any criminality has taken place concerning the response to the increased levels of fatalities,” the police force said Thursday.

“As our enquiries have continued, the scope of the investigation has now widened to also include gross negligence manslaughter.

“This is a separate offence to corporate manslaughter and focuses on the grossly negligent action or inaction of individuals,” added police.

“Those identified as suspects have been notified. We will not be confirming the number of people involved or their identity as no arrests or charges have yet been made.”

Letby is serving a whole-life prison sentence afer being found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven more at neo-natal units where she worked.

Letby, from Hereford, western England, was arrested and then charged in 2020 following a string of baby deaths at the hospital’s neo-natal unit.

The prosecution said she attacked her vulnerable prematurely born victims, often during night shifts, by either injecting them with air, overfeeding them with milk or poisoning them with insulin.

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