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A retired GP who offered to return to the NHS and fight the Covid pandemic has today accused the health service of incompetency by failing to properly utilise its army of volunteers. Dr Brian Cooper, 73, who used to work at Birmingham City Hospital, was one of tens of thousands of former medics to sign … Read more
Nightingale hospitals are being quietly taken apart as doctors and nurses warn there are not enough of them to keep the make-shift facilities open. Health bosses have already started stripping the emergency unit in London of its 4,000 beds, ventilators and even signs pointing patients to wards, shocking photos reveal, while the hospitals in Birmingham … Read more
Nightingale hospitals are being quietly taken apart as doctors and nurses warn there are not enough of them to keep the make-shift facilities open. Health bosses have already started stripping the emergency unit in London of its 4,000 beds, ventilators and even signs pointing patients to wards, shocking photos reveal, while the hospitals in Birmingham … Read more
‘One in TEN hospital workers are off sick or isolating’ as coronavirus hits NHS NHS is faced with a ‘staffing crisis’ as ‘one in ten workers’ are off sick or isolating Covid advisor to the BMA said the ‘staffing crisis’ poses threat to derail the NHS The sickness figure also includes staff who are self-isolating … Read more
‘One in TEN hospital workers are off sick or isolating’ as coronavirus hits NHS NHS is faced with a ‘staffing crisis’ as ‘one in ten workers’ are off sick or isolating Covid advisor to the BMA said the ‘staffing crisis’ poses threat to derail the NHS The sickness figure also includes staff who are self-isolating … Read more
Nightingale hospitals are still lying empty despite the rising coronavirus cases and fears over a new highly-infectious mutant strain. East London’s ExCeL centre – the first site opened by NHS England amid the crisis, is seen practically deserted in pictures taken today. The site would be the largest intensive care unit in Europe if fully operational, capable of … Read more
Nightingale hospitals are still lying empty despite the rising coronavirus cases and fears over a new highly-infectious mutant strain. East London’s ExCeL centre – the first site opened by NHS England amid the crisis, is seen practically deserted in pictures taken today. The site would be the largest intensive care unit in Europe if fully operational, capable of … Read more
Nightingale hospital lies empty and is still only ‘on standby’ despite London being thrown into Tier 4 measures and Christmas cancelled over rising cases Nightingale hospitals in London, Birmingham and Sunderland are ‘on standby’ Site in Manchester is open for ‘non-Covid care’ with Bristol open for local care Seven Nightingale hospitals were built in the … Read more
Nightingale hospital lies empty and is still only ‘on standby’ despite London being thrown into Tier 4 measures and Christmas cancelled over rising cases Nightingale hospitals in London, Birmingham and Sunderland are ‘on standby’ Site in Manchester is open for ‘non-Covid care’ with Bristol open for local care Seven Nightingale hospitals were built in the … Read more
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