With Covid-19 solutions being sought around the country, a new NHS Nightingale Hospital is set to open in Exeter, and the rapid new development will have the capacity to provide 200 extra beds for coronavirus patients.
The Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital was developed as the result of 10 years, work by clinical teams and endorsed by Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS England – National Medical Director.
Developments by University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust led to a requirement for the University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street (formerly the Heart Hospital) to be refurbished.
Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a population of more than 450,000 in East Berkshire and South Buckinghamshire.