THOUSANDS of operations at hospitals across Oxfordshire were cancelled last year during the two national lockdowns because of the pandemic. Oxfordshire braced for the effects of the outbreak as an unprecedented number of people who had contracted the virus flooded hospitals. Covid-19 patients filled the beds at the county’s four major hospitals governed by Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. A Freedom of Information request to the trust submitted by the Oxford Mail has now revealed that 5,655 elective and emergency procedures were pushed back between March 21 and July 4, and October 31 and December 2 at the John Radcliffe, the Churchill, the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and the Horton General hospitals.
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image captionThe Nightingale hospital in Harrogate is reverting to its original use as a convention centre
Yorkshire s Nightingale hospital in Harrogate has been stood down.
The 500-bed temporary facility based at the town s convention centre was set up in April 2020 at a cost of more than £27m and has not treated any Covid-19 patients.
It was one of seven built in England to try and prevent hospitals becoming overwhelmed during the pandemic.
An NHS Nightingale spokesperson said it had played an invaluable role to support routine care in the region.
Work at the site had officially ended, they added, but diagnostic services will continue in the coming weeks.
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