Nightingale hospitals built during the first Covid-19 lockdown still remain 'on standby' despite parts of England being plunged under draconian Tier 4 measures. The site in Manchester is open for 'non-Covid care', NHS England said, while Exeter and Harrogate are open as 'specialist diagnostics ­centres' and Bristol for 'local NHS services.' The Nightingale hospital in east London has the capacity for 4,000 beds, with the site in Manchester capable of catering for up to 750 patients. It was reported last month that fewer than 30 people were being treated across the UK's seven Nightingale Hospitals in mid-November. In the first wave of the pandemic, seven Nightingale hospitals were built at a cost of £220million.

Source: Daily Mail December 20, 2020 00:22 UTC