| NHS Nightingale Hospital Yorkshire and the Humber | |
|---|---|
| Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | |
_002.jpg) View of theHarrogate Convention Centre in July 2020 | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Harrogate Convention Centre King's Rd,Harrogate HG1 5LA,Yorkshire |
| Coordinates | 53°59′48.48″N1°32′29″W / 53.9968000°N 1.54139°W /53.9968000; -1.54139 |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS England |
| Type | COVID-19 critical care Field hospital |
| Services | |
| Beds |
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| History | |
| Opened | 21 April 2020 |
| Closed | March 2021 |
| Links | |
| Website | https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/nightingaleyh/ |
TheNHS Nightingale Hospital Yorkshire and the Humber is one of the temporaryNHS Nightingale Hospitals set up byNHS England in 2020 to help to deal with theCOVID-19 pandemic. The hospital was constructed inside theHarrogate Convention Centre,Harrogate, and from 4 June 2020 was repurposed as aradiology diagnostic clinic.
In March 2021, it was confirmed the hospital would close.[1]
To add extra critical care capacity during theCOVID-19 epidemic in England, and to treat those withCOVID-19, plans were made to create further temporary hospital spaces for those in need of treatment and care.[2][3] They were named "Nightingale Hospitals", afterFlorence Nightingale who came to prominence for nursing soldiers during theCrimean War and is regarded as the founder of modernnursing.[4]
The hospital was initially rumoured, then announced as officially planned on 3 April 2020,[5] and became ready to open on 14 April.[6] It was formally opened, via video link, by 99-year-old fundraiserCaptain Tom Moore.[7] It was administered underLeeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.[8]
It initially had beds for up to 500 people.[9] It was not a conventional walk-in hospital, and only patients who were already inpatients in other hospitals in the region and met certain criteria were to be admitted.[9] They would stay at the hospital until they were assessed as being ready to move back to a local hospital.[9]
The hospital was not required to treat COVID-19 patients in April and May. Instead it was reopened as a radiology outpatient clinic, offeringCT scanning, from 4 June 2020.[10] Appointments would be available seven days a week, through Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust andHarrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust.[10] In August, it was reported that this usage would continue until March 2021.[11]
On 12 October, 2020 amidst a rise in cases in Northern England, the hospital was placed on standby.[12]
Its closure was confirmed in March 2021.[1]
The following have been involved in the creation of the hospital:
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