Hospitals: Coronavirus

(asked on 28th July 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to use the Nightingale Hospitals for patients with COVID-19 in the event of a second wave of the disease in order to take the pressure off other hospitals.


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Lord Bethell
This question was answered on 20th August 2020

Nightingale hospitals have helped the National Health Service to rise to an unprecedented challenge by providing extra capacity to manage surges in demand due to COVID-19.

All of the seven NHS Nightingale Hospitals in England are currently on standby and are ready to be utilised should they be needed in the event of a further wave of COVID-19.

We continue to work closely with the NHS and partners, and guidance has already been issued on restoring urgent non-COVID services safely, whilst ensuring surge capacity can be stood up again if needed, including through the use of Nightingale hospitals.

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