NHS Nightingale Hospital Birmingham

NHS Nightingale Hospital Birmingham
NHS Nightingale Hospital Birmingham
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
	View of the National Exhibition Centre, the site of the hospital, in 2015
Geography
Location	National Exhibition Centre; Solihull; B40 1NT, West Midlands
Coordinates	52°27′12″N 1°43′10″W / 52.45333°N 1.71944°W
Organisation
Care system	NHS England
Type	COVID-19 critical care
Services
Beds	496 (phase 1 on day 1); 800 (phase 1 if needed); 2,000 (phase 2 if needed); 4,000 beds (potential);
Helipad	Birmingham Airport
History
Opened	16 April 2020
Closed	1 April 2021
Links
Website	nightingale-birmingham.nhs.uk

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]

^ "Birmingham's NHS Nightingale Hospital officially declared open by Prince William". Birmingham Mail. 16 April 2020.
^ "Covid: Birmingham's Nightingale hospital closes without seeing any patients". itv.com. April 2021.

[1] "Birmingham's NHS Nightingale Hospital officially declared open by Prince William". Birmingham Mail. 16 April 2020.

[:0-2] "Covid: Birmingham's Nightingale hospital closes without seeing any patients". itv.com. April 2021.

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