Birmingham’s 2,000-bed Nightingale hospital built at a cost of £66million is to close without ever treating a single patient Birmingham facility was commissioned by NHS at the height of the first wave But in the past year since it was completed not a single person has been treated It will shut down for good next … Read more
Birmingham’s 2,000-bed Nightingale hospital built at a cost of £66million is to close without ever treating a single patient Birmingham facility was commissioned by NHS at the height of the first wave But in the past year since it was completed not a single person has been treated It will shut down for good next … Read more
Matt Hancock today hailed the permanent closure of four of England’s Nightingale Hospitals as an ‘important moment in the nation’s Covid recovery. The Health Secretary said the combined success of the vaccine roll-out and ‘everybody’s commitment to stick by the rules’ meant there was little need to keep the emergency facilities open. Britain has seen dramatic declines … Read more
Matt Hancock today hailed the permanent closure of four of England’s Nightingale Hospitals as an ‘important moment in the nation’s Covid recovery. The Health Secretary said the combined success of the vaccine roll-out and ‘everybody’s commitment to stick by the rules’ meant there was little need to keep the emergency facilities open. Britain has seen dramatic declines … Read more
Four out of England’s seven Nightingale Hospitals set up to cope with the Covid crisis will close for good in April. The facilities in Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol and Harrogate will shut their doors permanently in April, the Health Service Journal reported. Officials spent more than £500million on the hospitals, set up in convention centres and … Read more
Police probe hospitality chief’s ‘illegal NYE party’ at four-star Harrogate hotel where he ‘partied with 10 friends’ with staff ‘forced to serve them all drinks and breakfast the following morning’ Police and council are probing reports of the party at the four-star hotel Managing Director Simon Cotton was said to have hosted the Harrogate event … Read more
An elderly woman told Matt Hancock he’s the ‘good looking one’ after getting the Covid jab at a new vaccination centre at Epsom racecourse in Surrey. The Health Secretary was on a visit to the centre when he started talking to people who had the jab. While speaking to one elderly woman, who didn’t reveal … Read more
London’s hospitals will be overwhelmed by Covid patients in TWO weeks in a BEST CASE scenario with 2,000 beds needed even after Nightingale is opened, stark NHS briefing warns London hospitals will be overwhelmed in less than two weeks, report warns Medical director at NHS England London provided the worrying analysis Even if the number … Read more
Boris Johnson has revealed seven mass coronavirus vaccination centres will throw open their doors next week to turbo-charge efforts to pull the country out of a seemingly endless cycle of lockdowns and ruinous curbs on daily life. The hubs will be based in venues including sports centres and London’s ExCeL convention centre, and equipped to … Read more
Send in the troops! 150 new mobile Army teams will deliver vaccinations with a fleet of Land Rovers and Chinook helicopters It is part of a mission dubbed Operation Delta Force, Mail on Sunday can reveal Defence sources say operation – named after elite US Special Forces unit – will involve medics and logistics experts … Read more