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Nightingale hospital lies empty and is still only ‘on standby’ despite London being thrown into Tier 4 measures and Christmas cancelled over rising cases Nightingale hospitals in London, Birmingham and Sunderland are ‘on standby’ Site in Manchester is open for ‘non-Covid care’ with Bristol open for local care Seven Nightingale hospitals were built in the … Read more
Boss of London exhibition centre turned into Nightingale hospital is urging firms to start booking events again By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 5 December 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 5 December 2020 The boss of the giant London exhibition centre that was turned into a Nightingale hospital is urging firms … Read more
Exeter’s Nightingale hospital opened to Covid-19 patients for the first time today, it was revealed. The 116-bed unit — which was moth-balled for months — is the second to start admitting patients in England, after Manchester’s make-shift facility re-opened last month to provide treatment for non-Covid patients. Bosses at Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust … Read more
Nightingale hospitals are treating fewer than 30 patients and only one of the seven facilities across England is open – despite the recent rise in Covid hospital admissions Nightingale in Manchester caring for few dozen patients who now test negative Nightingales in Sunderland and Harrogate were asked to be ready for patients On Friday there … Read more
Most of Matt Hancock’s Nightingale hospitals may never fully open because there are not enough NHS workers to staff them, it has been claimed. An analysis by the Sunday Times also shows that each patient admitted to the massive hospitals has so far cost £1million to treat. Seven venues including London’s Excel Centre were converted into … Read more
The NHS Nightingale Hospital in Manchester will reopen within the next week as the city heads into a local lockdown. A local NHS boss today announced the temporary hospital, set up in the Manchester Central Conference Centre, will be brought back into use before the end of next week. It will become the first one … Read more
Union chiefs have called on the government to create ‘Nightingale classes’ amid a drop in the number of schools able to fully open due to Covid-19. The latest government figures revealed one in six state secondary schools could not fully open last week – with most unable to do so because of coronavirus. Schools are … Read more
The Beeb, the Beatles and blazing the trail: Annie Nightingale, 80, Radio 1’s first female DJ, details her career in a candid memoir, including the moment after John Lennon’s death where Paul McCartney called her live on air Annie Nightingale, 80, became Radio 1’s first female DJ in February 1970 When John Lennon was killed, Paul … Read more
The NHS Nightingale Hospitals’s coronavirus wards are set to reopen ‘within weeks’ as the infection rate rises across Britain. Doctors have reportedly been told unofficially that emergency measures will be needed from October 2. Nightingale Hospitals are being readied for a second wave as Covid cases continue to rise across the UK, the Mirror reported. The … Read more
Britain needs a ‘Nightingale moment’ for school pupils with extra funding for teachers and remote-learning in case of second lockdown, argues children’s commissioner Anne Longfield said schools need a rescue package on a par with the economy She called for more money for a possible return to remote-learning over winter More than £35billion has been … Read more