‘Life or death’ coronavirus patients TURNED AWAY from NHS Nightingale hospital because of a lack of nurses, sa - The Sun

LIFE or death coronavirus patients have reportedly been turned away from the NHS Nightingale hospital in London because it did not have enough staff to look after them.

Leaked NHS documents reportedly show that the field hospital - which was built in just nine days at the ExCel Centre - has turned away more patients than it has treated.

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NHS Nightingale was designed to deal with a huge surge in coronavirus cases when it opened on April 3Credit: AFP or licensors

NHS Nightingale in the capital's docklands has reportedly been unable to admit 50 people suffering from Covid-19 who were in need of "life or death" care, according to the doc seen by The Guardian.

It is reported 30 of these patients were rejected due to "staffing issues" while due to be transferred from other London hospitals.

All requiring treatment had been intubated and were on a ventilator because of the coronavirus.

The other 20 had been rejected on medical grounds, such as being too unwell for a transfer or not meeting the criteria to be treated at Nightingale.

The hospital - which is designed to include almost 4,000 beds - reportedly has so far only treated 41 patients as of Monday.

The figures mean that the makeshift hospital has rejected more patients than it has treated during the outbreak.

NHS Nightingale was the first facility of its kind constructed to help Britain fight against the pandemic, being built in just nine days and before being opened by health secretary Matt Hancock and Prince Charles on April 3.

It paved the way for more of the temporary hospitals to be built around the country, such as in Birmingham and Harrogate.

NHS bosses defended the hospital saying that patients are being treated successfully and its capacity has not been needed as there remains spare critical care places across London.

The revelation comes as the UK death toll rose by 828 - taking the total figure to 17,337 - as the government confirmed trials will soon begin on a vaccine.

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NHS England's chief executive Simon Stevens is shown around NHS Nightingale on March 30Credit: AP:Associated Press

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NHS workers prepare a line of ambulances outside at the NHS Nightingale Hospital at the ExCel Centre in London on April 14Credit: PA:Press Association

Sources claimed that the hospital has to reject patients as they cannot get enough critical nurses transferred to work there from other London hospitals - where they are being "run ragged".

A senior intensive care doctor said: "The Nightingale is clearly not a hospital.

"It’s an emergency overflow facility to ventilate patients to stop them from dying when hospitals have run out of space."

Nightingale admitted its first patient on April 7, and rejected a planned transfer from another London hospital for the first time on April 9.

NHS London chief Sir David Sloman wrote a letter on Friday asking for around 200 doctors and nurses to be transferred to Nightingale to help the hospital treat people needing critical care.

It is hoped the hospital can take the strain of coronavirus patients to allow regular hospitals to resume operations - and a source said there are "plenty of doctors".

London hospitals are reportedly feeling the strain as Nightingale has been unable help relieve the pressure - with transfers reportedly being blocked from hospitals Northwick Park, Royal Free, St Mary's, the Royal London and North Middlesex.

One senior official said Nightingale has "not been needed" as the number of cases hasn't been high enough, calling the field hospital a "white elephant".

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The official added that Nightingale was develop amid fears London would end up being overrun like New York or Italy, with the case numbers doubling every three days and the need for mass graves.

It is believed now the UK has passed its first peak during the outbreak, with questions now being asked about when to ease the lockdown.

At the weekend, Sir Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, said: "We have not yet had to make extensive use of the Nightingale London thanks to the hard work of NHS staff, who have freed up more than 30,000 existing hospital beds, and the public, who have played their part by staying at home and saving lives."

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Responding to the report in The Guardian, an NHS London spokesman said: “The most important point about staff at the Nightingale is that thanks to their care and expertise, patients in that hospital are being successfully treated, discharged and ultimately having their life saved.

“There remains spare capacity in the critical care network across the capital to look after all coronavirus patients and others who need our care."

A Department of Health and Social Care spokesman added: “It is misleading to suggest coronavirus patients are being turned away from NHS Nightingale due to a shortage of staff.

“NHS Nightingale has been set up to treat patients if the NHS was overwhelmed but thanks to the great work of selfless NHS staff, there is spare capacity in existing London hospitals to treat all coronavirus patients there instead.”

Prince Charles hails ‘unbelievable feat of work’ as he opens coronavirus hospital NHS Nightingale via video link

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NHS Nightingale Hospital in London ExCeL Centre rejects patients due to lack of nurses - Daily Mail

Thirty 'life or death' coronavirus patients are turned away from EMPTY 4,000-bed Nightingale hospital because it lacks nurses and has only treated a total of 40 people

• NHS documents reveal around 50 patients have been turned away from site 
• Thirty transfers from existing London hospitals were cancelled over 'staff issues'
• As of yesterday there have only been 41 patients through doors of ExCeL site 
• Learn more about how to help people impacted by COVID

By Lara Keay For Mailonline

Published: 22:00 BST, 21 April 2020 | Updated: 01:14 BST, 22 April 2020

Patients are being turned away from the new 4,000-bed NHS Nightingale hospital in London due to a lack of nurses, it has been claimed today.

The field hospital at the ExCeL Centre has been unable to accept around 50 coronavirus patients needing 'life or death' care since it opened on April 7. 

Thirty of those were transfers from existing London hospitals that were not able to go ahead because of nursing staff shortages, reports The Guardian. 

So far the Docklands site has only had 41 patients through its doors, including four who have died, seven who have been downgraded to less critical care and 30 still being looked after.

With thousands of beds empty, there has been increasing concern among London hospital managers that the Nightingale is becoming a 'white elephant' and taking away vital resources from other neighbouring sites. 

Dozens of patients have been turned away from the NHS Nightingale Hospital in east London (pictured) due a lack of critical care nurses, it was claimed today 

A hospital bed and a respirator are pictured inside the ExCeL centre in London, where just 41 patients have been treated for the deadly virus so far 

NHS documents seen by The Guardian claim there has been difficulty recruiting nurses who are normally based at other hospitals.  

How many nightingale hospitals are being built and which are open?

NHS England has announced seven temporary hospitals to aid in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic.

The hospitals are in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol, Harrogate, Exeter and Tyne and Wear.

The London hospital was opened by Prince Charles via video link nearly two weeks ago and has started receiving patients.

The Manchester facility located in the main central hall of the former Manchester Central railway station, is equipped to take 750 coronavirus patients and opened today. It does not currently have any patients.

The Birmingham hospital set up in the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) is also now available to take patients, and has a 500 bed capacity, that can be increased to 1,500 if necessary. It has not yet been confirmed if it has any patients.

The Exeter and Tyne and Wear sites are both expected to be open in late April or early May and will add up to 700 beds.

There will also be one at the University of the West of England, Bristol – able to look after up to 1,000 patients – while the one at the Harrogate Convention centre will be able to care for up to 500. 

They are both currently under construction.

One member of staff said: 'There are plenty of people working here, including plenty of doctors. But there aren't enough critical care nurses. They're already working in other hospitals and being run ragged there. 

'There aren't spare people [specialist nurses] around to do this. That's the problem.' 

Boris Johnson paid special tribute to the two critical care nurses that stayed by his bedside while he was at the Guys and St Thomas's intensive care unit fighting off the virus. He claimed he would not have survived without them.  

Another 20 COVID-19 patients have also been rejected by the Nightingale because they were 'too unwell', the documents reveal. 

The Nightingale sites nationwide were designed to take pressure away from existing hospitals by treating those in need of critical care.

A huge amount of public resources was poured into the pioneering London site, with 200 military personnel helping to transform the exhibition centre in just nine days.

If it were to reach full capacity, more than 16,000 staff would be needed to run it.

But Boris Johnson and his team have repeatedly stressed that the Nightingales are only contingency facilities, which if they remain empty as they are now are a sign that NHS strategic planning is working. 

Public Health England's chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty has also said that if hospitals like the London Nightingale end up with more ICU beds than needed then it 'will be a success'. 

A sea of unused beds are pictured inside the field hospital in the London Docklands  

Earlier this month, NHS England chief executive Sir Simon Stevens said the Nightingale London has not been used because 30,000 beds have been freed up at other nearby hospitals.

He said in a statement: 'We have not yet had to make extensive use of the Nightingale London thanks to the hard work of NHS staff – who have freed up more than 30,000 existing hospital beds – and the public, who have played their part by staying at home and saving lives.

'It will count as a huge success for the whole country if we never need to use them but with further waves of coronavirus possible it is important that we have these extra facilities in place and treating patients.'  

The ExCeL site is pictured on March 27 during construction. The Nightingale Hospital was built in just nine days  

A worker at the ExCel London, during its conversion into the temporary NHS Nightingale Hospital

But one senior intensive care doctor told the Guardian: 'The Nightingale is clearly not a hospital. It's an emergency overflow facility to ventilate patients to stop them from dying when hospitals have run out of space.' 

An NHS London spokesman told MailOnline: 'The most important point about staff at the Nightingale is that thanks to their care and expertise, patients in that hospital are being successfully treated, discharged and ultimately having their life saved.

'There remains spare capacity in the critical care network across the capital to look after all coronavirus patients and others who need our care, and while it is incredibly reassuring for both staff and patients to have backup capacity at the Nightingale to alleviate pressure on ICU departments where needed, patients can be transferred to other hospitals in the city if they are better placed to receive them at that time – as is always the case.' 

The front exterior of the new NHS Nightingale in London is pictured before it opened on April 7 with staff observing social distancing measures outside  

Members of the armed forces were drafted in to transform the exhibition centre in the London Docklands (pictured before) into a temporary hospital  

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NHS Nightingale Hospital in London ExCeL Centre rejects patients due to lack of nurses - Daily Mail

Thirty 'life or death' coronavirus patients are turned away from EMPTY 4,000-bed Nightingale hospital because it lacks nurses and has only treated a total of 40 people

• NHS documents reveal around 50 patients have been turned away from site 
• Thirty transfers from existing London hospitals were cancelled over 'staff issues'
• As of yesterday there have only been 41 patients through doors of ExCeL site 
• Learn more about how to help people impacted by COVID

By Lara Keay For Mailonline

Published: 22:00 BST, 21 April 2020 | Updated: 23:38 BST, 21 April 2020

Patients are being turned away from the new 4,000-bed NHS Nightingale hospital in London due to a lack of nurses, it has been claimed today.

The field hospital at the ExCeL Centre has been unable to accept around 50 coronavirus patients needing 'life or death' care since it opened on April 7. 

Thirty of those were transfers from existing London hospitals that were not able to go ahead because of nursing staff shortages, reports The Guardian. 

So far the Docklands site has only had 41 patients through its doors, including four who have died, seven who have been downgraded to less critical care and 30 still being looked after.

With thousands of beds empty, there has been increasing concern among London hospital managers that the Nightingale is becoming a 'white elephant' and taking away vital resources from other neighbouring sites. 

Dozens of patients have been turned away from the NHS Nightingale Hospital in east London (pictured) due a lack of critical care nurses, it was claimed today 

A hospital bed and a respirator are pictured inside the ExCeL centre in London, where just 41 patients have been treated for the deadly virus so far 

NHS documents seen by The Guardian claim there has been difficulty recruiting nurses who are normally based at other hospitals.  

How many nightingale hospitals are being built and which are open?

NHS England has announced seven temporary hospitals to aid in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic.

The hospitals are in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol, Harrogate, Exeter and Tyne and Wear.

The London hospital was opened by Prince Charles via video link nearly two weeks ago and has started receiving patients.

The Manchester facility located in the main central hall of the former Manchester Central railway station, is equipped to take 750 coronavirus patients and opened today. It does not currently have any patients.

The Birmingham hospital set up in the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) is also now available to take patients, and has a 500 bed capacity, that can be increased to 1,500 if necessary. It has not yet been confirmed if it has any patients.

The Exeter and Tyne and Wear sites are both expected to be open in late April or early May and will add up to 700 beds.

There will also be one at the University of the West of England, Bristol – able to look after up to 1,000 patients – while the one at the Harrogate Convention centre will be able to care for up to 500. 

They are both currently under construction.

One member of staff said: 'There are plenty of people working here, including plenty of doctors. But there aren't enough critical care nurses. They're already working in other hospitals and being run ragged there. 

'There aren't spare people [specialist nurses] around to do this. That's the problem.' 

Boris Johnson paid special tribute to the two critical care nurses that stayed by his bedside while he was at the Guys and St Thomas's intensive care unit fighting off the virus. He claimed he would not have survived without them.  

Another 20 COVID-19 patients have also been rejected by the Nightingale because they were 'too unwell', the documents reveal. 

The Nightingale sites nationwide were designed to take pressure away from existing hospitals by treating those in need of critical care.

A huge amount of public resources was poured into the pioneering London site, with 200 military personnel helping to transform the exhibition centre in just nine days.

If it were to reach full capacity, more than 16,000 staff would be needed to run it.

But Boris Johnson and his team have repeatedly stressed that the Nightingales are only contingency facilities, which if they remain empty as they are now are a sign that NHS strategic planning is working. 

Public Health England's chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty has also said that if hospitals like the London Nightingale end up with more ICU beds than needed then it 'will be a success'. 

A sea of unused beds are pictured inside the field hospital in the London Docklands  

Earlier this month, NHS England chief executive Sir Simon Stevens said the Nightingale London has not been used because 30,000 beds have been freed up at other nearby hospitals.

He said in a statement: 'We have not yet had to make extensive use of the Nightingale London thanks to the hard work of NHS staff – who have freed up more than 30,000 existing hospital beds – and the public, who have played their part by staying at home and saving lives.

'It will count as a huge success for the whole country if we never need to use them but with further waves of coronavirus possible it is important that we have these extra facilities in place and treating patients.'  

The ExCeL site is pictured on March 27 during construction. The Nightingale Hospital was built in just nine days  

A worker at the ExCel London, during its conversion into the temporary NHS Nightingale Hospital

But one senior intensive care doctor told the Guardian: 'The Nightingale is clearly not a hospital. It's an emergency overflow facility to ventilate patients to stop them from dying when hospitals have run out of space.' 

An NHS London spokesman told MailOnline: 'The most important point about staff at the Nightingale is that thanks to their care and expertise, patients in that hospital are being successfully treated, discharged and ultimately having their life saved.

'There remains spare capacity in the critical care network across the capital to look after all coronavirus patients and others who need our care, and while it is incredibly reassuring for both staff and patients to have backup capacity at the Nightingale to alleviate pressure on ICU departments where needed, patients can be transferred to other hospitals in the city if they are better placed to receive them at that time – as is always the case.' 

The front exterior of the new NHS Nightingale in London is pictured before it opened on April 7 with staff observing social distancing measures outside  

Members of the armed forces were drafted in to transform the exhibition centre in the London Docklands (pictured before) into a temporary hospital  

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NHS Nightingale Hospital in London ExCeL Centre rejects patients due to lack of nurses - Daily Mail

Thirty 'life or death' coronavirus patients are turned away from EMPTY 4,000-bed Nightingale hospital because it lacks nurses and has only treated a total of 40 people

• NHS documents reveal around 50 patients have been turned away from site 
• Thirty transfers from existing London hospitals were cancelled over 'staff issues'
• As of yesterday there have only been 41 patients through doors of ExCeL site 
• Learn more about how to help people impacted by COVID

By Lara Keay For Mailonline

Published: 22:00 BST, 21 April 2020 | Updated: 22:58 BST, 21 April 2020

Patients are being turned away from the new 4,000-bed NHS Nightingale hospital in London due to a lack of nurses, it has been claimed today.

The field hospital at the ExCeL Centre has been unable to accept around 50 coronavirus patients needing 'life or death' care since it opened on April 7. 

Thirty of those were transfers from existing London hospitals that were not able to go ahead because of nursing staff shortages, reports The Guardian. 

So far the Docklands site has only had 41 patients through its doors, including four who have died, seven who have been downgraded to less critical care and 30 still being looked after.

With thousands of beds empty, there has been increasing concern among London hospital managers that the Nightingale is becoming a 'white elephant' and taking away vital resources from other neighbouring sites. 

Dozens of patients have been turned away from the NHS Nightingale Hospital in east London (pictured) due a lack of critical care nurses, it was claimed today 

A hospital bed and a respirator are pictured inside the ExCeL centre in London, where just 41 patients have been treated for the deadly virus so far 

NHS documents seen by The Guardian claim there has been difficulty recruiting nurses who are normally based at other hospitals.  

How many nightingale hospitals are being built and which are open?

NHS England has announced seven temporary hospitals to aid in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic.

The hospitals are in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol, Harrogate, Exeter and Tyne and Wear.

The London hospital was opened by Prince Charles via video link nearly two weeks ago and has started receiving patients.

The Manchester facility located in the main central hall of the former Manchester Central railway station, is equipped to take 750 coronavirus patients and opened today. It does not currently have any patients.

The Birmingham hospital set up in the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) is also now available to take patients, and has a 500 bed capacity, that can be increased to 1,500 if necessary. It has not yet been confirmed if it has any patients.

The Exeter and Tyne and Wear sites are both expected to be open in late April or early May and will add up to 700 beds.

There will also be one at the University of the West of England, Bristol – able to look after up to 1,000 patients – while the one at the Harrogate Convention centre will be able to care for up to 500. 

They are both currently under construction.

One member of staff said: 'There are plenty of people working here, including plenty of doctors. But there aren't enough critical care nurses. They're already working in other hospitals and being run ragged there. 

'There aren't spare people [specialist nurses] around to do this. That's the problem.' 

Boris Johnson paid special tribute to the two critical care nurses that stayed by his bedside while he was at the Guys and St Thomas's intensive care unit fighting off the virus. He claimed he would not have survived without them.  

Another 20 COVID-19 patients have also been rejected by the Nightingale because they were 'too unwell', the documents reveal. 

The Nightingale sites nationwide were designed to take pressure away from existing hospitals by treating those in need of critical care.

A huge amount of public resources was poured into the pioneering London site, with 200 military personnel helping to transform the exhibition centre in just nine days.

If it were to reach full capacity, more than 16,000 staff would be needed to run it.

But Boris Johnson and his team have repeatedly stressed that the Nightingales are only contingency facilities, which if they remain empty as they are now are a sign that NHS strategic planning is working. 

Public Health England's chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty has also said that if hospitals like the London Nightingale end up with more ICU beds than needed then it 'will be a success'. 

A sea of unused beds are pictured inside the field hospital in the London Docklands  

Earlier this month, NHS England chief executive Sir Simon Stevens said the Nightingale London has not been used because 30,000 beds have been freed up at other nearby hospitals.

He said in a statement: 'We have not yet had to make extensive use of the Nightingale London thanks to the hard work of NHS staff – who have freed up more than 30,000 existing hospital beds – and the public, who have played their part by staying at home and saving lives.

'It will count as a huge success for the whole country if we never need to use them but with further waves of coronavirus possible it is important that we have these extra facilities in place and treating patients.'  

The ExCeL site is pictured on March 27 during construction. The Nightingale Hospital was built in just nine days  

A worker at the ExCel London, during its conversion into the temporary NHS Nightingale Hospital

But one senior intensive care doctor told the Guardian: 'The Nightingale is clearly not a hospital. It's an emergency overflow facility to ventilate patients to stop them from dying when hospitals have run out of space.' 

An NHS London spokesman told MailOnline: 'The most important point about staff at the Nightingale is that thanks to their care and expertise, patients in that hospital are being successfully treated, discharged and ultimately having their life saved.

'There remains spare capacity in the critical care network across the capital to look after all coronavirus patients and others who need our care, and while it is incredibly reassuring for both staff and patients to have backup capacity at the Nightingale to alleviate pressure on ICU departments where needed, patients can be transferred to other hospitals in the city if they are better placed to receive them at that time – as is always the case.' 

The front exterior of the new NHS Nightingale in London is pictured before it opened on April 7 with staff observing social distancing measures outside  

Members of the armed forces were drafted in to transform the exhibition centre in the London Docklands (pictured before) into a temporary hospital  

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London’s Nightingale hospital forced to turn coronavirus patients away amid nurse shortage - Express

The hospital has been forced to turn away 50 patients with COVID-19 and needing essential treatment. Of those 50, 30 had been rejected due to the lack of staff at the hospital. There are also fears the hospital is fast becoming a white elephant. The hospital has also been forced to turn away a transfer of 30 patients from London hospitals according to documents by The Guardian. 

Although the hospital was built in just nine days, questions have been raised over the lack of use for the hospital. 

Until Monday, NHS Nightingale had only treated 41 patients despite being designed to include almost 4,000 beds. 

Of the 41 patients who have been treated, four have died while seven have been discharged to a less critical level of care.

There are a further 30 still being cared for at the hospital.

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A further 20 patients were also rejected on medical grounds for being too unwell to transfer or as they did not meet the new hospital's clinical admission criteria according to The Guardian. 

A statement from NHS London said: “The most important point about staff at the Nightingale is that thanks to their care and expertise, patients in that hospital are being successfully treated, discharged and ultimately having their life saved.

“There remains spare capacity in the critical care network across the capital to look after all coronavirus patients and others who need our care, and while it is incredibly reassuring for both staff and patients to have backup capacity at the Nightingale to alleviate pressure on ICU departments where needed, patients can be transferred to other hospitals in the city if they are better placed to receive them at that time – as is always the case.”

Last week, NHS organisation in London were asked to send more than 200 doctors and nurses to the temporary hospital. 

According to a leaked letter, seen by the Health and Service Journal, a letter to senior health leaders in the capital stated using NHS Nightingale was vital in restoring normal typical services for trusts across the capital. 

NHS England's regional director, Sir David Sloman said that without the facility, London would face "insufficient critical care capacity" once normal procedures are phased back in. 

He wrote: "COVID-19 will have major impacts that last for at least 18 months and will change the way we deliver health care to our patients.

“When social distancing is relaxed, our plans for the future of London’s healthcare will rely upon new models of care and treatment and sustained reliance on the expert site for critical care that the NHS Nightingale Hospital will provide.

“Utilising the Nightingale will enable us to be well-positioned to avoid a perfect storm of insufficient critical care capacity that would otherwise prove an unnecessary restraint on the recovery of elective capacity, emergency care, COVID-19 and winter pressures.”

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