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Watch: Hancock denies dormant Nightingale hospitals being ‘dismantled’

The Nightingale hospitals remain "on standby", the health secretary said.

Henry Goodwin by Henry Goodwin
2020-12-30 10:57
in Politics
Health Secretary Matt Hancock during a media briefing on coronavirus (COVID-19) in Downing Street, London.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock during a media briefing on coronavirus (COVID-19) in Downing Street, London.

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Matt Hancock has insisted that the Nightingale hospitals – built to support the NHS during the coronavirus crisis – are not being dismantled, even as many lie empty.

With infections surging across the country, many hospitals are at breaking point – with several declaring a “major incident” over the last few days.

However the Nightingale hospitals – including the ExCel Centre in East London – remain on standby, with NHS figures suggesting that there are not enough doctors and nurses to staff them.

Asked on Sky News why the Nightingales aren’t being used, Hancock claimed that they “are there in case they’re needed”.

“The other thing we’ve done since the summer is that we’ve built more capacity within the NHS,” he said.

“We’ve physically built on additional critical care capacity and the best place to be treated if you’re a Covid patient is a hospital. 

“But of course the Nightingales are there in case they’re needed.”

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Watch the testy exchange here.

Gillian Joseph – The Nightingale hospitals were built at great expense & they're being dismantled?

Matt Hancock – They're not being dismantled…

Gillian Joseph – Medics are saying there's no staff to run them.. they're white elephants… so what doctors are saying isn't true? pic.twitter.com/q24HAm6fYr

— Haggis_UK ?? ?? (@Haggis_UK) December 30, 2020

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