At the risk of sounding like a conspiracy theorist I have wondered about Old Man Letby’s “connections”, just saying so. I might be way off the mark and it could just be simply that the story is guaranteed to generate clicks and press attention for the “supporters”. Another thing is that a lot of people have an axe to grind with the NHS and see this as a way to tell their own unfortunate stories. The unit does sound like a bit of a shitshow but that doesn’t exclude the possibility of a murderer flying under the radar there, in fact it’s probably part of the reason she got away with it for so long. I say “so long” because she should have been removed much sooner but it was actually a very short space of time where she went nuclear and attacked as many babies as she could. Though most of us (police included) suspect it was going on much longer in less obvious ways. The issue is clouded in some people’s minds by the downgrading of the unit afterwards.
Another thing that sticks in my mind is the fact she used Dr. Simp to try and keep working, slyly concealing why she had been removed. That’s not the actions of a normal person and would definitely be frowned upon by the NMC. IIRC she wasn’t facing sanctions from them but as a nurse you know it would be brought up at any fitness to practice hearing. As such a conscientious and diligent nurse who worried her perfect practice may be to blame (and who probably should have been reported while still a student- it does happen) you would not want to give them any ammunition. As Igiveup points out upthread about the pattern of deaths, there was also a pattern of behaviour. She didn’t abide by rules or instructions, always thinking she was above all that and entitled to do whatever she wanted. Manipulating others into believing her sob story and acting on her behalf, it’s still going on now ffs!