NATURE THE NIGHTINGALE by Sam Lee (Century £14.99, 240pp) At 10.45pm on May, 19, 1924, BBC radio announcer Rex Palmer interrupted the Saturday evening broadcast by dance band The Savoy Orpheans to whisk listeners into a Surrey woodland, where cellist Beatrice Harrison had been joined by a nightingale. In those days, just two years after … Read more
Employing more hospital nurses cuts deaths and saves twice as much money as it costs, a study reveals. The odds of dying or being readmitted to hospital fell by 7 per cent for every fewer patient a nurse had under their care. The smaller workload also led to a 3 per cent reduction in the … Read more
Birmingham’s 2,000-bed Nightingale hospital built at a cost of £66million is to close without ever treating a single patient Birmingham facility was commissioned by NHS at the height of the first wave But in the past year since it was completed not a single person has been treated It will shut down for good next … Read more
Britain is set for SIXTY Nightingale courts: £113m boost for modifications to hotel conference rooms and event spaces to accommodate more trials Modifications to be made to hotel conference rooms and event spaces for trials At Manchester Crown Court walls will be knocked down to create ‘super court’ Justice Secretary Robert Buckland hailed it as … Read more
Britain is set for SIXTY Nightingale courts: £113m boost for modifications to hotel conference rooms and event spaces to accommodate more trials Modifications to be made to hotel conference rooms and event spaces for trials At Manchester Crown Court walls will be knocked down to create ‘super court’ Justice Secretary Robert Buckland hailed it as … Read more
London’s NHS Nightingale hospital will have just 300 beds for treating patients, a fraction of the 4,000 available in March, when it re-opens next week, MailOnline can reveal. The flagship hospital at the ExCeL centre will start admitting recovering emergency care patients who have tested negative for coronavirus in the coming days, but it will … Read more
London’s NHS Nightingale hospital will have just 300 beds for treating patients, a fraction of the 4,000 available in March, when it re-opens next week, MailOnline can reveal. The flagship hospital at the ExCeL centre will start admitting recovering emergency care patients who have tested negative for coronavirus in the coming days, but it will … Read more
Nightingale hospitals in London and across England have been ‘reactivated’ to be ready to admit patients as the capital’s NHS facilities struggle under the pressure of a new wave of coronavirus cases. The Excel centre site has been readied after laying deserted for months as Britain yesterday recorded 981 Covid deaths in the deadliest day … Read more
Nightingale hospitals are being quietly taken apart as doctors and nurses warn there are not enough of them to keep the make-shift facilities open. Health bosses have already started stripping the emergency unit in London of its 4,000 beds, ventilators and even signs pointing patients to wards, shocking photos reveal, while the hospitals in Birmingham … Read more
Nightingale hospitals are being quietly taken apart as doctors and nurses warn there are not enough of them to keep the make-shift facilities open. Health bosses have already started stripping the emergency unit in London of its 4,000 beds, ventilators and even signs pointing patients to wards, shocking photos reveal, while the hospitals in Birmingham … Read more