It has hardly been used, with the number of patients falling to just 19 last week!

How about the other Nightingale Hospitals?

  • Birmingham has not taken a single patient since opening 10 days ago
  • Harrogate has been placed on standby
  • Bristol and Sunderland have just opened, and Exeter is due to open shortly
  • Manchester has only taken a few patients but, as it was designed for the low-level care of patients recovering from covid 19, it is thought referrals are likely to increase as neighbouring hospitals “return to normal”

I suspect this is the route our government might take – despite there only being six patients currently in the General Hospital – in a vain attempt to justify the White Elephant at Millbrook.

Ron Mitchell, La Vieille Davisonnerie, St. Saviour