4000 bed hospital including two morgues being prepared!

[Mr Ripple]

https://www.theguardian.com/society...ws-scale-of-london-coronavirus-hospital-excel

I'm pretty sure they wouldn't be getting this ready unless they expected to fill it.

 

[Mawsley]

No mention of how it’s being staffed and administered though, which is kinda more important.

We have a theoretical capacity of 600 beds, and it takes 5,000 people to keep those in operation. They have 17,000 medical, cleaning and admin staff all ready and trained? Wow if so.

 

[Mr Ripple]

No mention of how it’s being staffed and administered though, which is kinda more important.

We have a theoretical capacity of 600 beds, and it takes 5,000 people to keep those in operation. They have 17,000 medical, cleaning and admin staff all ready and trained? Wow if so.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51969104
They've asked 65,000 recently retired medical staff to return to work.

 

[lushpos]

Military nursing staff are being drafted in to assist, other staff such as theatre assistants are having crash courses in nursing to take the pressure off those already flagging.

 

[andipandi]

Nursing Times: Run with help from the military and NHS clinicians, the new hospital will consist of two 2,000-bed wards - but initially it will hold 500 beds until services can be expanded.

 

[MarylinC37]

Yep. It's the Excel centre in the docklands that they're converting. Being the Capital city with the busiest throughput of people I think that's why London has by far the most cases in the UK, so they're trying to get ahead of the curve.

I think they said it'll have 4000 beds when they've completed it.

Lets hope they never need all those beds.

 

[vapesmarter]

I'm really hoping this doesn't happen either

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-52038102

 

[andipandi]

I'm really hoping this doesn't happen either

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-52038102

There is a cv hotspot in the midlands? It would make sense, but as you say, hopefully wont be required.

 

[Mr Ripple]

https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/uk-coronavirus-latest-locations-9500-17982618

 

[ZT]

https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/uk-coronavirus-latest-locations-9500-17982618

Cheers - very interesting info

I tell you what tho on a side note - the Cambridge news newspaper website could do with learning something about the balance between advertising and readability on its pages!