Temporary mortuary for Bristol covid victims decommissioned
The temporary resting place in Brislington has not been used since it opened in March 2020
16:52, 27 APR 2021
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A temporary mortuary in Bristol put in place during the coronavirus pandemic is to be decommissioned.
The mortuary was set up at the Sandy Park vehicle depot in Brislington last March to cope with an anticipated rise in the numbers of coronavirus deaths.
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Bristol s Nightingale Hospital cost the NHS more than £26m
The costs have been revealed for the first time
05:00, 13 APR 2021
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A pop-up hospital in Bristol that never saw a coronavirus patient cost the NHS more than £26million. Viewed as an insurance policy for hospitals across the region, the Nightingale was set up in less than three weeks last April to provide up to 300 intensive care beds.
Cost of Nightingale Hospital Bristol revealed
By Stephen Sumner, Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
A pop-up hospital in Bristol that never saw a coronavirus patient cost the NHS more than £26m.
Viewed as an insurance policy for hospitals across the region, the Nightingale was set up in less than three weeks last April to provide up to 300 intensive care beds.
But by June it was placed on standby and soon NHS leaders were looking at other uses for the facility. It was used for assessments and treatments of more than 7,000 non-Covid patients before it closed on March 31 this year, and is now being decommissioned.
Bristol s NHS Nightingale hospital to close next month almost one year after opening The time is now right to stand the Nightingale hospital down
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Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice A specialist Bristol hospital set up especially to care for coronavirus patients will close next month - having never been used for its original purpose.
NHS Nightingale Bristol was set up at the University of the West of England s Frenchay campus last April, with capacity to provide 300 beds for COVID-19 patients in need of intensive care.