The extra resources, including nearly 20,000 staff, will also help the NHS deliver other urgent operations and cancer treatments. The deal - the first of its kind - includes the provision of 8,000 hospital beds across England, nearly 1,200 more ventilators, more than 10,000 nurses, over 700 doctors and over 8,000 other clinical staff. Have you been treated in the NHS or private sector for Covid-19? In London the deal includes over 2000 hospital beds, and over 250 operating theatres and critical beds. "Under the agreement, the independent sector will reallocate almost its entire national hospital capacity to the NHS and will be reimbursed at cost."

Source: Daily Mirror March 21, 2020 15:22 UTC