Nightingale Hospitals

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I know that these were wound down mid summer, but were they dismantled and returned to their original form, or could they be reactivated if needed?

This was published around a month ago re my local Nightingale

www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/birminghams-nightingale-hospital-set-open-19255064

Birmingham's Nightingale Hospital is likely to open within the next month as hospitals across the city deal with an increase in Covid cases.

Dr Justin Varney, director of public health at Birmingham City Council, said the makeshift hospital inside the NEC Nightingale was likely to be receiving patients in a month.'

But not heard anymore since.

I presume they are leaving them available for the post Christmas peak we will have prior to the next lock down, and later in the year for vaccination centres?

The problem as I see it, is that these wards are only for those on ventilators. My neighbour who is a nurse on a covid ward, said that most on the ward have medical conditions that may require operating on and do have to be operated on and therefore have to stay in main hospitals where there are operating theatres.

They were pointless - there wasn't the people to staff them.

Is anyone else getting Millennium Dome flashbacks? 🤦

@ArtemisBean

Is anyone else getting Millennium Dome flashbacks? 🤦

Yes!!

Glasgow is being used for orthopaedics and covid vaccinations

This has appeared today

'Birmingham's Nightingale hospital could be ready for use within 72 hours - though the thought of opening it is filling many health bosses with 'dread'.

The Clinical Lead for Elective Care at University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB), Ian Sharp, said that the Nightingale would be opened if acute care is 'swamped' at hospitals in the region, with a turnaround time of just 72 hours if needed.

However he also expressed grave concerns at the prospect of opening what he referred to as a 'field hospital', with staff needing to be reassigned from existing hospitals.

After it was announced that the government would still be allowing the loosening of restrictions over Christmas despite advice from many health bodies, Solihull councillor Rosemary Sexton (Green, Shirley West) asked what the protocol was for the opening of the Nightingale.

The Nightingale was officially opened by Prince William back in April, but the makeshift hospital inside the NEC didn't receive any patients during the first wave, and has remained unused.

www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/filled-dread-plans-nightingale-hospital-19475763

However Mr Sharp revealed that there are plans in place for the use of the premises, but that the practicalities around staffing were causing concerns among health professionals.

"If we get to the point where any of the hospitals in the Midlands start to look like Lombardy was looking in the early days of Covid, i.e. unable to deal with patients, then the Nightingale would be used," he said.

@ArtemisBean

Is anyone else getting Millennium Dome flashbacks? 🤦

Why? If they were needed they’d have basically been field hospitals. Not as good as a properly-staffed, properly-equipped hospital but a lot better than letting people die in the car park.

It’s a really good thing we didn’t need to fill them all with patients the first time.