NHS Nightingale Hospital London

NHS Nightingale Hospital London
Barts Health NHS Trust
The main entrance of the hospital during its refit on 30 March 2020
Geography
Location	Custom House, London, England
Coordinates	51°30′29″N 00°01′49″E / 51.50806°N 0.03028°E / 51.50806; 0.03028
Organisation
Care system	NHS England
Type	COVID-19 critical care
Services
Beds	500 (potential for 4,000)
History
Opened	3 April 2020
Closed	April 2021
Links
Lists	Hospitals in England

The NHS Nightingale Hospital London was the first of the NHS Nightingale Hospitals, temporary hospitals set up by NHS England for the COVID-19 pandemic. It was housed in the ExCeL London convention centre in East London. The hospital was rapidly planned and constructed, being formally opened on 3 April and receiving its first patients on 7 April 2020. It served 54 patients during the first wave of the pandemic, and was used to serve non-COVID patients and provide vaccinations during the second wave. It was closed in April 2021.