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Murder in the NHS

But for the diligence of the two consultant paediatricians, Drs Nelson Porter and Charith Nanayakkara, at Grantham and Kesteven Hospital Beverley Allitt would probably not have been convicted of murder. Now, however, nine months after she was convicted of killing four children and injuring nine more in the children's ward of Grantham and Kesteven Hospital,¹ the two consultants are without their jobs. They also fear criticism from the Clothier inquiry, set up by the secretary of state for health into the circumstances of the murders and due to report next week. . . . [Full text of this article]

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