NHS Nightingale Hospital Yorkshire and the Humber

Temporary NHS COVID-19 hospital set up in Harrogate Convention Centre

Hospital in Harrogate, Yorkshire
  • up to 500 people
HistoryOpened21 April 2020ClosedMarch 2021LinksWebsitehttps://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/nightingaleyh/

The NHS Nightingale Hospital Yorkshire and the Humber is one of the temporary NHS Nightingale Hospitals set up by NHS England in 2020 to help to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The hospital was constructed inside the Harrogate Convention Centre, Harrogate, and from 4 June 2020 was repurposed as a radiology diagnostic clinic.

In March 2021, it was confirmed the hospital would close.[1]

Background

To add extra critical care capacity during the COVID-19 epidemic in England, and to treat those with COVID-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", after Florence Nightingale who came to prominence for nursing soldiers during the Crimean War and is regarded as the founder of modern nursing.[4]

Opening

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 fundraiser Captain Tom Moore.[7] It was administered under Leeds 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]

Usage

The hospital was not required to treat COVID-19 patients in April and May. Instead it was reopened as a radiology outpatient clinic, offering CT scanning, from 4 June 2020.[10] Appointments would be available seven days a week, through Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Harrogate 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]

Personnel

The following have been involved in the creation of the hospital:

  • Paula Lorimer, Director of Harrogate Convention Centre[6]
  • Paul Cleminson, Pre-Construction Director for BAM Construction in the North East[13]

References

  1. ^ a b "Covid: Harrogate Nightingale Hospital to close". BBC News. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  2. ^ Sabbagh, Dan (16 March 2020). "Army likely to embed medics in NHS hospitals to help fight coronavirus". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  3. ^ Schraer, Rachel (24 March 2020). "ExCeL Centre to be used as coronavirus hospital". BBC News. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Coronavirus: Nightingale Hospital opens at London's ExCel centre". BBC News. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  5. ^ "This is Harrogate Convention Centre's message to NHS Nightingale heroes as emergency hospital starts to take shape". Harrogate Advertiser. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Harrogate Convention Centre Nightingale Hospital ready to open". conference-news.co.uk. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Capt Tom opens new NHS Nightingale hospital". BBC News. 21 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Contact: NHS Nightingale Hospital Yorkshire and the Humber - Care Quality Commission". cqc.org.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  9. ^ a b c "NHS Nightingale Yorkshire and the Humber". NHS Professionals. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  10. ^ a b Hambrook, Glyn (2 June 2020). "Nightingale Hospital to provide clinical CT scans for the region". Harrogate Informer. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  11. ^ Discombe, Matt (17 August 2020). "Nightingale contract extended to next year". Health Service Journal. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  12. ^ Sparrow, Andrew (12 October 2020). "UK coronavirus live: Nightingale hospitals in Manchester, Sunderland and Harrogate on standby to take patients". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  13. ^ "Building firm behind Harrogate's NHS Nightingale hospital confirms estimated timescale for transformation of Harrogate Convention Centre". Harrogate Advertiser. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.

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