| NHS Louisa Jordan | |
|---|---|
| NHS Scotland | |
 Facade of theSEC Centre with NHS Louisa Jordan branding in January 2021 | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Exhibition Way Glasgow G3 8YW Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55°51′39″N4°17′17″W / 55.86085°N 4.28812°W /55.86085; -4.28812 |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS Scotland |
| Type | COVID-19 critical care |
| Services | |
| Beds | 300 initially, up to 1000 as needed |
| History | |
| Opened | 19 April 2020 |
| Closed | 31 March 2021 |
TheNHS Louisa Jordan was a temporary emergency critical care hospital created to deal with theCOVID-19 pandemic in Scotland. It was located within theSEC Centre in Glasgow.[1]
Operated byNHS Scotland, it was planned to have an initial capacity of 300 beds, and the capability of expanding to accommodate 1000.[2] It became operationally ready on 19 April 2020,[3] and was officially opened via video byPrincess Anne on 30 April 2020.[4]
The hospital was partially repurposed to allow other activities to take place; in August 2020 it was announced that the hospital would be kept open throughout the winter. It was being used as a training hub, along with holding orthopaedic and plastic surgery outpatient consultations.[5] NHS Louisa Jordan hosted COVID-19 vaccine clinics from 8 December 2020.[6]
The hospital's last day of operation was 31 March 2021 and its mass vaccination clinic relocated to theOVO Hydro.[7] The last day of the vaccination clinic was 18 July 2021.[8]
The facility was named afterScottish nurseLouisa Jordan, who died in service during theFirst World War in theSerbian typhus epidemic.[9]
Jordan's family members were grateful for the naming of the hospital. Her great nephew Murray Crone stated: "The members of our family have been very touched by the dedication, as we have been familiar with her story for many years. It is so pleasing that she would be chosen now as a representative of all the volunteers in the Scottish Women’s Hospital during WW1, coping with a Typhus epidemic in Serbia. And, of course, also representing all the present day medical workers doing their utmost at this time, fighting against Covid-19."[10]
Former Labour MPDouglas Alexander criticised theSNP-ledScottish Government over the naming of the facility, as it did not use theNHS Nightingale Hospitals naming convention which, at the time of completion, had been used byNHS England to refer to COVID-19 relief in England.[11][12][13] NHS Wales similarly decided not to use the Nightingale convention and later adopted the nameDragon's Heart Hospital for its primary COVID-19 field hospital following a public consultation.[14]
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