PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Coronavirus: Hospitals (30 December 2020)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to open nightingale hospitals in response to increased demand on hospital beds in England.

Asked by:
Taiwo Owatemi (Labour)

Answer

Patients are currently being treated in Nightingale hospitals in Manchester and Exeter with the Bristol and Harrogate sites supporting elective services. The London Nightingale site is also being readied for operation so it is available to support the National Health Service hospital bed capacity.


Answered by:
Edward Argar (Conservative)
11 January 2021

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