Unfortunately, the first part in bold, regardless of where you are in the UK, isn't anything new.
Working in NHS Wales, the amount of times we're told that we need to be 'accountable for our actions', yet you hear things like this and other hospitals/areas where negligence has occurred due to issues that senior management and directors paying no notice or ignoring concerns, is laughable really. No accountability at the top whatsoever and I'll be surprised if anything happens to the nursing director (who's been suspended, but likely on a 'wait until it blows over' basis) or anyone else. If anything does happen, expect a lovely golden handshake for those cunts.
For the second part, they should be facing jail themselves as they've basically played a part in those deaths by ignoring concerns and letting it continuing, but we know that won't happen.
Sorry, that started to turn into a minor rant there.