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Rules designed to prevent criminal activity or malpractice going undetected were first proposed more than 20 years ago in wake of the Harold Shipman murders.
Cheshire Constabulary has launched the investigation into the Countess of Chester Hospital, where Lucy Letby worked.
Letby—who was convicted of murdering 7 babies and the attempted murder of another 6—is to face a retrial on one count of attempted to murder a girl, Child K.
She was given a whole life order over the murders of 7 babies and the attempted murders of 6 others in a neonatal unit in 2015 and 2016.
Ministers announced plans to tweak the law to ensure the worst types of murderers will never get out of prison.
