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The facility was planned and constructed in conjunction with the [[British Armed Forces]], and the mission is being run from the [[Headquarters Standing Joint Command (United Kingdom)|Headquarters Standing Joint Command]] in [[Aldershot]], which coordinates resilience missions for the UK.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Sparrow|first=Andrew|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2020/mar/24/uk-coronavirus-live-news-lockdown-boris-johnson-sports-direct-abandons-talk-of-opening-stores-as-gove-clarifies-scope-of-lockdown-rules?page=with%3Ablock-5e7a21a78f08e4a2e5edbfe5|title=UK coronavirus live: 12,000 former NHS workers to return and emergency hospital to open as death toll rises|date=24 March 2020|work=The Guardian|access-date=24 March 2020|last2=Campbell|first2=Lucy|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|last3=Smithers|first3=Rebecca|last4=Sabbagh|first4=Dan}}</ref> The facility is expected to open in the week commencing 30 March 2020.<ref name=":0" />
The facility was planned and constructed in conjunction with the [[British Armed Forces]], and the mission is being run from the [[Headquarters Standing Joint Command (United Kingdom)|Headquarters Standing Joint Command]] in [[Aldershot]], which coordinates resilience missions for the UK.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Sparrow|first=Andrew|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2020/mar/24/uk-coronavirus-live-news-lockdown-boris-johnson-sports-direct-abandons-talk-of-opening-stores-as-gove-clarifies-scope-of-lockdown-rules?page=with%3Ablock-5e7a21a78f08e4a2e5edbfe5|title=UK coronavirus live: 12,000 former NHS workers to return and emergency hospital to open as death toll rises|date=24 March 2020|work=The Guardian|access-date=24 March 2020|last2=Campbell|first2=Lucy|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|last3=Smithers|first3=Rebecca|last4=Sabbagh|first4=Dan}}</ref> The facility is expected to open in the week commencing 30 March 2020.<ref name=":0" />


It is expected to take 500 patients from its opening, rapidly expanding to have capacity for 4,000 patients in two wards of 2,000 beds each.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Sengupta |first1=Kim |title=Emergency hospital to be set up in London's ExCel Centre for coronavirus patients |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/coronavirus-military-london-excel-centre-nightingale-hospital-nhs-a9422026.html |accessdate=24 March 2020 |work=The Independent |date=24 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|publisher=The Guardian|url= https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/mar/25/nhs-nightingale-video-shows-scale-of-london-coronavirus-hospital-excel|title=NHS Nightingale: video shows scale of London coronavirus hospital|date=25 March 2020|accessdate=26 March 2020|first=Jessica|last=Marray}}</ref> This will make it the largest hospital in the UK, significantly larger than the biggest permanent hospital, [[St George's Hospital|St George's]] in Tooting, which has 1,300 beds.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Graham-Harrison|first=Emma|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/26/excel-coronavirus-hospital-will-be-by-far-the-largest-in-the-uk|title=ExCel coronavirus hospital will be by far the largest in the UK|date=2020-03-26|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-03-27 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
It is expected to take 500 patients from its opening, rapidly expanding to have capacity for 4,000 patients in two wards of 2,000 beds each.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Sengupta |first1=Kim |title=Emergency hospital to be set up in London's ExCel Centre for coronavirus patients |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/coronavirus-military-london-excel-centre-nightingale-hospital-nhs-a9422026.html |accessdate=24 March 2020 |work=The Independent |date=24 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|publisher=The Guardian|url= https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/mar/25/nhs-nightingale-video-shows-scale-of-london-coronavirus-hospital-excel|title=NHS Nightingale: video shows scale of London coronavirus hospital|date=25 March 2020|accessdate=26 March 2020|first=Jessica|last=Marray}}</ref> This will make it the largest hospital in the UK, significantly larger than the biggest permanent hospital, [[Queen Elizabeth University Hospital]] in Glasgow, which has 1,677 beds.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.org/our_work/inspecting_and_regulating_care/opah_greater_glasgow_and_clyde/qeuh_dec_15.aspx|title=Queen Elizabeth University Hospital|publisher=Healthcare Improvement Scotland|accessdate=31 March 2020}}</ref>


== Elsewhere ==
== Elsewhere ==

Revision as of 08:21, 31 March 2020

For the private mental health clinic, see Nightingale Hospital (Marylebone).

NHS Nightingale Hospital London is the first of the NHS Nightingale Hospitals, temporary hospitals set up or due to be set up by NHS England to help to deal with the 2020 coronavirus epidemic in the United Kingdom.[1]

Background

To add extra critical care capacity during the 2020 coronavirus epidemic in the UK, and to treat those with COVID-19, plans were made to create further temporary hospital spaces for those in need of treatment and care.[2][3]

London

NHS Nightingale Hospital London
Aerial view of the ExCeL London, the site of the hospital, in 2015
Map
Geography
LocationCustom House, Docklands, London, E16
United Kingdom
Coordinates51°30′29″N 0°01′44″E / 51.5081°N 0.0289°E / 51.5081; 0.0289
Organisation
Care systemNHS England
TypeCOVID-19 critical care
Services
Beds500, planned to rise to 4,000

On 21 and 22 March, military planners and NHS England staff visited ExCeL London – an exhibition and convention centre in the Custom House area of Newham, East London – to "determine if the armed forces could support the NHS response to the outbreak". Plans to create the hospital were officially announced in a press briefing by Health Secretary Matt Hancock on 24 March.[3] The hospital will be run by NHS staff and volunteers with 700 military personnel providing logistic assistance.[4][5]

The facility was planned and constructed in conjunction with the British Armed Forces, and the mission is being run from the Headquarters Standing Joint Command in Aldershot, which coordinates resilience missions for the UK.[6] The facility is expected to open in the week commencing 30 March 2020.[6]

It is expected to take 500 patients from its opening, rapidly expanding to have capacity for 4,000 patients in two wards of 2,000 beds each.[7][8] This will make it the largest hospital in the UK, significantly larger than the biggest permanent hospital, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, which has 1,677 beds.[9]

Elsewhere

On 27 March it was announced that two further emergency COVID-19 hospitals were to be constructed by NHS England, at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham and at Manchester Central Convention Complex.[10]

In Wales, Parc y Scarlets will provide 500 beds[11] and Cardiff's Principality Stadium will be set up with 2,000[12].

In Scotland, SEC Centre will provide 1,000 beds.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Two more UK facilities to be converted into 'NHS Nightingale' coronavirus hospitals".
  2. ^ Sabbagh, Dan (16 March 2020). "Army likely to embed medics in NHS hospitals to help fight coronavirus". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b Schraer, Rachel (24 March 2020). "ExCeL Centre to be used as coronavirus hospital". BBC News. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  4. ^ Campbell, Denis; Dodd, Vikram (23 March 2020). "NHS plans to turn ExCeL centre into coronavirus hospital". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  5. ^ "London's ExCel Centre being converted into makeshift hospital to deal with coronavirus patients". ITV News. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  6. ^ a b Sparrow, Andrew; Campbell, Lucy; Smithers, Rebecca; Sabbagh, Dan (24 March 2020). "UK coronavirus live: 12,000 former NHS workers to return and emergency hospital to open as death toll rises". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  7. ^ Sengupta, Kim (24 March 2020). "Emergency hospital to be set up in London's ExCel Centre for coronavirus patients". The Independent. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  8. ^ Marray, Jessica (25 March 2020). "NHS Nightingale: video shows scale of London coronavirus hospital". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Queen Elizabeth University Hospital". Healthcare Improvement Scotland. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  10. ^ Campbell, Lucy (27 March 2020). "UK coronavirus live: rate of infection doubling every three to four days, says Gove". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  11. ^ 14:47 30 March Progress on Parc y Scarlets field hospital 30 March 2020 BBC News Wales, accessed 31 March 2020
  12. ^ "Coronavirus: Principality Stadium to be used as 2000-bed hospital - BBC Sport". bbc.co.uk. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  13. ^ Glasgow's SEC to be turned into field hospital amid Covid-19 crisis 30 March 2020 Evening Standard, accessed 31 March 2020

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