Will Powell

The Hillsborough tragedy happened 1 year & 2 days before Robbie's grossly negligent death. The Legacy of 'Hillsborough Law' belongs to the Hillsborough Families. However, the Legacy of a Legal Duty of Candour belongs to 10 year old Robbie Powell whose death exposed its absence.

So glad this is finally public so I can comment on it openly. I have seen a fair number of HR investigations over the years. In my experience, whistleblowers are often formally investigated before they are pushed out, or as a way of “teaching a lesson” to anyone who challenges the status quo. This is actually one of the most competent internal investigation reports I have seen. What surprised me most was the outcome. Usually, management plays an active role in managing out people who raise concerns - such as Lucy, who was clearly DATIXing poor standards and practices within the neonatal unit. Dr Brearey and Dr Jayaram were in management positions at the time and therefore carried responsibility for patient safety and culture within the department. So that would have been a pretty major motivator to want her out if she was shining the spotlight on their managerial/leadership failures. Lucy Letby was never going to be safe returning to a workplace where she was clearly being bullied by a group of colleagues (most of whom were consultants and thus in a position of power over her) unless individual accountability followed. At the very least, that should have meant formal warnings, apologies to Lucy, and mediated discussions. Management could have supported her with a temporary redeployment to another clinical unit so she could continue practising while matters were resolved. Clinical work was clearly what Lucy wanted to continue doing. Some people in these situations , where redeployment is necessary during HR investigations, choose to remain in management or leadership roles instead, but that wasn't what Lucy wanted. So in essence the hospital made a strong start with doing a competent HR investigation - but by failing to follow through properly, the situation escalated to the point where consultants went to the police. What nobody seems willing to ask is this: if the consultants genuinely believed Lucy was murdering babies, why did they only go to the police after they were found to have bullied her? If you truly believed a nurse was a serial killer, is it reasonable to accept that a consultant would really think that internal Trust procedures were an appropriate way to deal with it? UK trained consultants are NOT politically naïve. Consultant appointments are highly political positions, and consultants understand very well how NHS systems actually work. It stretches credibility, and that's a generous description, to claim the consultants genuinely believed reporting concerns over a serial killer internally was what they thought was the right thing to do. If they truly thought Letby was such a prolific killer, were they not concerned she might harm children outside work as well? This entire case is a national disgrace, and I suspect it will remain in history as one of the most consequential modern witch hunts in British healthcare. Witch hunts within the NHS are unfortunately, however, very common - often carried out through internal employment procedures or GMC processes. But turning that common dynamic (whose root cause is toxic leadership practices) into the conviction of a serial killer is something else entirely. An extraordinary outcome, enabled by a broken medical "expert" system and sealed by an inadequate police investigation and criminal justice system. What a world we live in. I hope everyone involved in this MoJ - or anyone who knew what was happening and could have helped but chose not to - gets what they deserve. @LucyLetbyTrials @drphilhammond @PrivateEyeNews @NadineDorries @ClarkeMicah @peter__duffy @MartynPitman @willcpowell @DavidDavisMP @DavidRoseUK @PeterElston1 @Michelehal7344 @Voice4theDead @reasonoverfear @Oversig58651516 @Seagreen2707 @RexvsLucyLetby

The Hillsborough tragedy happened 1 year & 2 days before Robbie's grossly negligent death. The Legacy of 'Hillsborough Law' belongs to the Hillsborough Families. However, the Legacy of a Legal Duty of Candour belongs to 10 year old Robbie Powell whose death exposed its absence.

30 years and still not acknowledged or addressed.

Not only should this be adopted in England & Wales but in Scotland too.

@JuliaCa20602661 @MrsEmmaWebber @kerrybiddle @NMBLAKE Thank you Julia. xx

@MrsEmmaWebber @kerrybiddle @NMBLAKE No real duty of candour until very recently. Please look at Will Powell (father of Robbie) and connect. He has fought for duty of candour for decades since little Robbie died. @willcpowell

To all those that have given evidence at the #NottinghamInquiry and conducted themselves in such a disgusting, shameful manner, I do hope your conduct haunts you for the rest of your lives. I hope one day you suffer with guilt. Unlikely as you need a heart for that though.

@drsanjoykumar @Antidepressed1 Have a look and a hello with @willcpowell over his decades long campaign for a duty of candour and beautiful Robbie’s treatment.

Ombudsman being 'Independent' of justice & scrutiny of failure

@willcpowell @drsanjoykumar @Antidepressed1 It is heartbreaking to watch the new ones learning how it all works. Crushing. Thanks for trying to prevent it for decades.

@JuliaCa20602661 @drsanjoykumar @Antidepressed1 Thank you for the mention and support Julia. xx robbieslaw.com

Dr Tuhina Lloyd’s tragic evidence speaks for itself and I would implore all to watch this absolute car crash. If it weren’t so tragic for me, I’d have a laugh. This…. (have no words)….person discharged VC into the community so that students and the community in Nottingham would face the risk of the satanic animal that is VC @CareQualityComm @rcpsych @wesstreeting

Pls RT: Anthony is the son of my friends Pat & Tommy. Both have passed away seeking truth & justice. They've been let down by South Wales Police, CPS, Coroner & Health & Safety Executive. A lamppost light had the earth & neutral wires joined together! nation.cymru/news/bereaved-…

@willcpowell @ann_poppy Thoughts remain with your family Will 🙏 It's so frustrating seeing a true statutory Duty of Candour been delayed in Parliament - in part to carve out exemptions for the security services - it's so reflective how Labour last caved in and we ended up with the unfit regulation 20

@Hazelgrove_5 @ann_poppy Pls RT: Thanks for your comments & support Hazel. It will be 30yrs next month when the High Court in Cardiff first ruled that there was no Individual Legal Duty of Candour for doctors to post death tell parents the truth about their child's negligent death. Perverse then & now!

@willcpowell @PaulTho58326895 @Jordan10842 @NadineDorries So many people care Will.

@PaulTho58326895 @Jordan10842 @NadineDorries Thank you fòr asking Paul. I'm as well as I can be in the circumstances. Fighting for Truth, Justice and Accountability for Robbie, over the last 36 years, has taken its toll on my wife and I. Best wishes. Will

@ann_poppy @willcpowell If #HillsboroughLaw had been implemented as a priority as Starmer promised, then proactive honesty, would have been a game changer in how the State would have to engage during investigations - I still pray for justice for your families and a true Duty of Candour - #RobbiesLaw

@willcpowell Will’s campaign for his son son Robbie spanning 36-years laid bare a fundamental gap in UK law: no enforceable duty on individuals to tell the truth, to which I know only too well #VictimsOfGosport Had that duty been in place, the systemic failures seen at Gosport would have been far harder to sustain. That is what is urgently needed to safeguard us all but the @DHSCgovuk ignore those recommendations.. Why?

@ann_poppy Thank you for your support Ann. Best wishes. Will