NHS Nightingale Hospital Birmingham
Temporary NHS COVID-19 hospital set up in NEC Birmingham / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the NHS temporary COVID-19 hospital in NEC Birmingham. For other hospitals named "NHS Nightingale", see NHS Nightingale Hospitals. For other hospitals named "Nightingale", see Nightingale Hospital (disambiguation).
The NHS Nightingale Hospital Birmingham was the second of the temporary NHS Nightingale Hospitals set up by NHS England to help to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. It was constructed inside the National Exhibition Centre, Solihull, and opened on 16 April 2020.[1] It cost £66.4 million to set up and was the most expensive of all the Nightingale temporary hospitals. On 1 April 2021 the hospital closed without ever treating a patient.[2]
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NHS Nightingale Hospital Birmingham | |
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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust | |
Geography | |
Location | National Exhibition Centre Solihull B40 1NT, West Midlands |
Coordinates | 52°27′12″N 1°43′10″W |
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Care system | NHS England |
Type | COVID-19 critical care |
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Helipad | Birmingham Airport |
History | |
Opened | 16 April 2020 |
Closed | 1 April 2021 |
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Website | nightingale-birmingham |
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