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NHS Nightingale Hospital North East

Coordinates: 54°55′26″N 1°28′42″W / 54.92396°N 1.47837°W / 54.92396; -1.47837
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This article is about the NHS temporary COVID-19 hospital in the North East. For other hospitals named "NHS Nightingale", see NHS Nightingale Hospitals. For other hospitals named "Nightingale", see Nightingale Hospital (disambiguation).

NHS Nightingale Hospital North East
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Map
Geography
LocationCentre of Excellence for Sustainable Advanced Manufacturing, Washington, Tyne and Wear
Coordinates54°55′26″N 1°28′42″W / 54.92396°N 1.47837°W / 54.92396; -1.47837
Organisation
Care systemNHS England
TypeCOVID-19 critical care
Field hospital
Services
Beds
  • up to 460 people
History
Opened5 May 2020
Links
Websitecoronavirus.newcastle-hospitals.nhs.uk/nhs-nightingale-north-east/

The NHS Nightingale Hospital North East is one of the temporary NHS Nightingale Hospitals set up by NHS England to help to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. It was constructed inside the Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Advanced Manufacturing, Washington.

Background

To add extra critical care capacity during the COVID-19 epidemic in England, and to treat those with COVID-19, plans were made to create further temporary hospital spaces for those in need of treatment and care.[1][2] They have been named "Nightingale Hospitals", after Florence Nightingale who came to prominence for nursing soldiers during the Crimean War and is regarded as the founder of modern nursing.[3]

Details

The site will have 460 beds available with the building divided into 16 wards.[4] It will be operated by Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.[5] The hospital has been prepared by the British Armed forces working with the local NHS Trusts.[6] County Durham MP Richard Holden said when announcing the hospital on 10 April that is expected to be open for patients in the following two weeks.[5]

The hospital was officially opened on 5 May 2020, in a virtual ceremony, by Matt Hancock (Secretary of State for Health). The opening ceremony also featured television celebrities Ant and Dec, football pundit Alan Shearer and cricketer Ben Stokes.[7]

It is not a conventional walk-in hospital - only patients who are already inpatients in other hospitals in the region and meet certain criteria will be admitted.[8] They will stay at the hospital until they are assessed as being ready to move back to a local hospital.[8]

References

  1. ^ Sabbagh, Dan (16 March 2020). "Army likely to embed medics in NHS hospitals to help fight coronavirus". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. ^ Schraer, Rachel (24 March 2020). "ExCeL Centre to be used as coronavirus hospital". BBC News. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Coronavirus: Nightingale Hospital opens at London's ExCel centre". BBC News. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Birmingham Nightingale hospital 'operational'". BBC News. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  5. ^ a b Lindsay, Kali (10 April 2020). "14 pictures of the new Nightingale hospital due to open in the North East". nechronicle. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  6. ^ "This is when new 460-bed Nightingale Hospital North East will open near Nissan plant". Shields Gazette. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Coronavirus: Nightingale hospital opens in Sunderland". BBC News. 5 May 2020.
  8. ^ a b "NHS Nightingale North East". NHS Newcastle Hospitals. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
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