NHS Nightingale hospitals to close from next month

The seven temporary sites were built during first wave of Covid-19 but treated few patients

The NHS has announced the emergency Nightingale hospitals built in the first Covid-19 wave to cope with anticipated pressures on the health service are to close from next month.

Seven of the temporary hospitals were hastily constructed in England, starting last April with a 4,000-bed facility at London’s ExCeL centre.

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