A healthcare worker has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of eight babies and the attempted murder of six more after an investigation of the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
Liverpool Women's Hospital has confirmed that a nurse being held on suspicion over murder and attempted murder of babies in Chester also undertook work placements at its neonatal unit.
Lucy Letby, 28, is being held on a probe into the murder of eight babies and the attempted murder of another six at the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
Officers are said to have arrived at the home of the nurse early on Tuesday, hours before police announced a female "healthcare professional" had been arrested in a probe into the deaths of 17 infants at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
Detectives said they are also looking at 15 non-fatal collapses at the unit between March 2015 and July 2016.
Liverpool Women's Hospital have confirmed that they are co-operating with the Police as part of their investigation as Ms Letby undertook placements in the Neonatal Unit during her training. The Hospital said that currently there is 'no suggestion' that any patients at Liverpool Women's came to any harm.
The statement says:
Lucy Letby's home has been searched after she was held on suspicion of the murder of eight babies and the attempted murder of another six.
A woman has been arrested in connection with an ongoing investigation into the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital.