First patients arrive at London’s new Nightingale Hospital

First patients arrive at London’s new Nightingale Hospital as it officially joins the nation’s battle against coronavirus NHS Nightingale has converted sports centre into 4,000 patient facility  The ‘spectacular’ hospital was opened by Prince Charles on video link on Friday  Tonight it has opened up to patients and is being staffed by NHS medics It has … Read more

Chilling pictures of giant liquid oxygen tanks at NHS Nightingale hospital

Chilling images show the giant liquid oxygen tanks being used at a make-shift NHS Nightingale hospital in Yorkshire.  Construction at the Harrogate Convention Centre is ongoing today as health bosses plan to get the temporary hospital up and running as soon as possible.  Contractors were this afternoon pictured working on the entrances to ambulance bays … Read more

NHS ‘is being charged £2m-£3m a month’ to use the ExCel centre as the Nightingale Hospital

NHS ‘is being charged £2m-£3m a month’ to use the ExCel centre as the Nightingale Hospital to treat coronavirus patients by its Abu Dhabi-based owners Excel Centre, London, is owned by Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company NHS England had reportedly been ‘desperate’ to secure a space for patients Former Conservative defence secretary Lord King of … Read more

ROBERT HARDMAN: Prince Charles beamed in from his armchair to open Nightingale Hospital

This will, surely, go down as one of the most memorable achievements in the history of the National Health Service.  It was certainly marked by one of the more memorable opening ceremonies in the long plaque-unveiling history of the House of Windsor. Thus it was that the Prince of Wales opened the 4,000-bed Nightingale Hospital … Read more

New Nightingale hospitals are to open in Bristol and Harrogate

New Nightingale hospitals are to open in Bristol and Harrogate as NHS ramps up the fight against coronavirus They will be University of the West of England and Harrogate Convention Centre The Bristol hospital will be able to look after up to 1,000 and Harrogate up to 500 The sites will be joining Birmingham’s NEC … Read more

The Queen thanks ‘all those working hard to complete’ new 4,000-bed NHS Nightingale Hospital

The Queen has thanked Armed Forces personnel working tirelessly to build London’s new NHS Nightingale Hospital. The monarchy’s official Twitter account paid tribute to the military who have been on 15-hour shifts as they transform the ExCel convention centre into a 4,000 bed hospital for coronavirus patients. ‘Thank you to all those working hard to complete … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Huge morgue built alongside NHS Nightingale

A new morgue which can hold thousands of tragic covid-19 victims, including those from the Nightingale coronavirus hospital, is being built in East London. The mortuary, about the size of two football pitches, is being developed on forest land close to the City of London crematorium and cemetery and is expected to take the dead … Read more

Morgue the size of two football pitches is being built in London to hold coronavirus victims

A new morgue which can hold thousands of tragic covid-19 victims, including those from the Nightingale coronavirus hospital, is being built in East London. The mortuary, about the size of two football pitches, is being developed on forest land close to the City of London crematorium and cemetery and is expected to take the dead … Read more

Army join the front line in war on coronavirus as squaddies finish Nightingale Hospital in London

Soldiers helping to build the Nightingale hospital in London last night compared the coronavirus crisis to the Battle of the Somme. Colonel Ashleigh Boreham, who has carried out two tours of Iraq and one of Afghanistan, said it was the biggest mission of his career. As commanding officer of 256 City of London Field Hospital, … Read more