Chambers challenged over calls to manage critical doctors out of their jobspublished at 16:28
16:28
Liz Roberts
Reporting from the inquiry
Now the inquiry is discussing a one-to-one meeting Chambers had with HR director Sue Hodkinson on 12 May - the same day as the second meeting with Cheshire Police.
De la Poer says Hodkinson says she was surprised and disappointed by what Chambers was saying in that meeting.
There was a discussion - that was never implemented - about how to manage some of the doctors out of the trust, including talk of a referral to the General Medical Council (GMC). Hodkinson has previously said she challenged Chambers about this in the meeting.
Chambers says: "I don’t remember the meeting, I do remember the context around the meeting."
"What was clear at the outcome of that meeting was that the police were themselves not sure whether this met the threshold of a criminal investigation," he adds.
"I was very clear before any decision could be made that there wouldn’t be an investigation that they should meet with the doctors again, which they did within a few days. And that led to the commencement of Operation Hummingbird."