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
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 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
Calls for Government to set up ‘Nightingale Taskforces’ in troublemaker hotspots amid surge in anti-social behaviour Teams would be police officers, lawyers, mental health professionals and local authority workers Dame Vera Baird and Baroness Helen Newlove wrote to Priti Patel Loutish behaviour has soared by up to 140 per cent in some areas recently Figures … Read more
Major security lapses are exposed at ‘Nightingale’ court created to deal with the huge coronavirus backlog of cases The court in Prospero House, in London, was set up to deal with Covid backlog Mail reporter was allowed to enter court one without going through the security Security breach sparked inquiry by Her Majesty’s Courts and … Read more
Annie Nightingale reveals she kept John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s relationship secret for fear of breaking her bond of trust with The Beatles Nightingale, 80, was a frequent guest at the Fab Four’s Apple Studios sessions She learned secrets about the band at these sessions long before the public Nightingale said there was a code … Read more
London’s Nightingale hospital will be closed to new patients and placed on standby, it has been revealed today. Staff were sent an email this morning from chief executive, Professor Charles Knight, who told them the hospital would be placed on standby, ‘ready to resume operations as and when needed in the weeks and potentially months to … Read more