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

The NHS is being charged up to £3million a month to use the ExCel centre as a 4,000-bed hospital to treat coronavirus patients, it has been reported. Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company, Adnec, which owns the London-based centre, decided to charge the NHS, reports the Sunday Times. Their decision contrasts with that taken by Birmingham’s … Read more

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

The NHS is being charged up to £3million a month to use the ExCel centre as a 4,000-bed hospital to treat coronavirus patients, it has been reported. Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company, Adnec, which owns the London-based centre, decided to charge the NHS, reports the Sunday Times. Their decision contrasts with that taken by Birmingham’s … 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

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

Inside Prince Charles’ drawing room in Birkhall on the Balmoral estate

The Prince of Wales has once again offered royal fans a rare look inside the Scottish home he shares with the Duchess of Cornwall.  Prince Charles, 71, appeared via video link on Sky News today to announce that he would personally open the new Nightingale Hospital, which has been erected in London to help treat … 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

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

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

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