Chilling pictures of giant liquid oxygen tanks at NHS Nightingale hospital

Chilling images show the giant liquid oxygen tanks being used at a make-shift NHS Nightingale hospital in Yorkshire.  Construction at the Harrogate Convention Centre is ongoing today as health bosses plan to get the temporary hospital up and running as soon as possible.  Contractors were this afternoon pictured working on the entrances to ambulance bays … Read more

NHS ‘is being charged £2m-£3m a month’ to use the ExCel centre as the Nightingale Hospital

The NHS is being charged up to £3million a month to use the ExCel centre as a 4,000-bed hospital to treat coronavirus patients, it has been reported. Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company, Adnec, which owns the London-based centre, decided to charge the NHS, reports the Sunday Times. Their decision contrasts with that taken by Birmingham’s … Read more

NHS ‘is being charged £2m-£3m a month’ to use the ExCel centre as the Nightingale Hospital

The NHS is being charged up to £3million a month to use the ExCel centre as a 4,000-bed hospital to treat coronavirus patients, it has been reported. Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company, Adnec, which owns the London-based centre, decided to charge the NHS, reports the Sunday Times. Their decision contrasts with that taken by Birmingham’s … Read more

ROBERT HARDMAN: Prince Charles beamed in from his armchair to open Nightingale Hospital

This will, surely, go down as one of the most memorable achievements in the history of the National Health Service.  It was certainly marked by one of the more memorable opening ceremonies in the long plaque-unveiling history of the House of Windsor. Thus it was that the Prince of Wales opened the 4,000-bed Nightingale Hospital … Read more

ROBERT HARDMAN: Prince Charles beamed in from his armchair to open Nightingale Hospital

This will, surely, go down as one of the most memorable achievements in the history of the National Health Service.  It was certainly marked by one of the more memorable opening ceremonies in the long plaque-unveiling history of the House of Windsor. Thus it was that the Prince of Wales opened the 4,000-bed Nightingale Hospital … Read more

Inside Prince Charles’ drawing room in Birkhall on the Balmoral estate

The Prince of Wales has once again offered royal fans a rare look inside the Scottish home he shares with the Duchess of Cornwall.  Prince Charles, 71, appeared via video link on Sky News today to announce that he would personally open the new Nightingale Hospital, which has been erected in London to help treat … Read more

The Queen thanks ‘all those working hard to complete’ new 4,000-bed NHS Nightingale Hospital

The Queen has thanked Armed Forces personnel working tirelessly to build London’s new NHS Nightingale Hospital. The monarchy’s official Twitter account paid tribute to the military who have been on 15-hour shifts as they transform the ExCel convention centre into a 4,000 bed hospital for coronavirus patients. ‘Thank you to all those working hard to complete … Read more

Army join the front line in war on coronavirus as squaddies finish Nightingale Hospital in London

Soldiers helping to build the Nightingale hospital in London last night compared the coronavirus crisis to the Battle of the Somme. Colonel Ashleigh Boreham, who has carried out two tours of Iraq and one of Afghanistan, said it was the biggest mission of his career. As commanding officer of 256 City of London Field Hospital, … Read more

Army join the front line in war on coronavirus as squaddies finish Nightingale Hospital in London

Soldiers helping to build the Nightingale hospital in London last night compared the coronavirus crisis to the Battle of the Somme. Colonel Ashleigh Boreham, who has carried out two tours of Iraq and one of Afghanistan, said it was the biggest mission of his career. As commanding officer of 256 City of London Field Hospital, … Read more