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Nightingale Hospitals

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Dinahmo Sat 04-Nov-23 18:49:56

No details given. Here's a rather long link to the article:

goodlawproject.org/two-thirds-of-beds-bought-for-nightingale-hospitals-were-unfit-for-use/?utm_source=Good+Law+Project&utm_campaign=a4eb5d17eb-EMAIL_Investigations_2023_11_03_10_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_db5adb9599-8e29602e85-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=a4eb5d17eb&mc_eid=43c74fef12

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Germanshepherdsmum Sat 04-Nov-23 18:29:47

FOI question?

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Nanatoone Sat 04-Nov-23 18:09:04

I always thought they could ah w been used to bring down waiting lifts but the staff problem still applies. My sister attended one in Exeter recently so it seems some are being used.

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Dinahmo Sat 04-Nov-23 18:04:19

The Good Law Project together with the Daily Mirror have been investigating the Nightingale Hospitals. As we all know these were a waste of money because they were hardly used. Not enough staff.

9000 beds and mattresses were purchased at a cost of £24m to the NHS. The average price of each bed was £2,667.00. 6000 of these, being unfit for clinical use have been sold off for £410k. Some for as little as £6 each.

I do not know who these beds were purchased from, nor do I know who was responsible for organising the purchases. No doubt another crony. There's no reason to suppose not.
Yet another example of govt uselessness.

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