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I don't think the Nightingales were used much, but that was mostly because the existing hospitals managed to free up more beds than originally anticipated and a
by makomk 5y ago
I don't think the Nightingales were used much, but that was mostly because the existing hospitals managed to free up more beds than originally anticipated and all the available staff ended up there. Naturally, the government got endless flack for this, as is often the case when a government puts measures into place for a contingency that doesn't come to pass. (Also, relying on freeing up beds may not have been a good decision in hindsight - one of the ways this was achieved was by aggressively kicking people with potential hospital-acquired Covid infections out into care homes full of people at high risk of dying if they caught Covid, with ugly consequences.)
- tailspin2019 5y ago> Naturally, the government got endless flack for this, as is often the case when a government puts measures into place for a contingency that doesn't come to pass. I’m not one to show much support for the current government but the negative (media) reaction to these hospitals not actually being needed was pretty short sighted. We should be thankful that the hospitals were there and even more thankful that they weren’t needed. There were more obvious things for which to hold the government to account.