"Birmingham's Nightingale hospital 'has no patients'"
David Rosser, chief executive University Hospitals Birmingham: "It was never going to be a great thing to have to open this extra capacity because it didn't come with new staff"
Always white elephant!
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
David Rosser, chief executive University Hospitals Birmingham: "It was never going to be a great thing to have to open this extra capacity because it didn't come with new staff"
Always white elephant!
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
Supposedly, it's a positive story, because pressure was kept off the NHS so that it wasn't needed. But imagine if it were...
Like a ship carrying life jackets made of concrete - nobody sees the flaw if they're not used. But otherwise...
Like a ship carrying life jackets made of concrete - nobody sees the flaw if they're not used. But otherwise...
So of course the next question that should but won't be asked is: how much PPE, how many ventilators, and how much other material in very scarce supply is tied up in un(der)used Nightingales up and down the UK?
Special mention, btw, of the BBC using the expression "building the temporary field hospital, which took eight days to build" of an existing building.
"Kitted out" maybe? It certainly wasn't built. But "built" has a great ring to it, don't you think? So reassuring. So competent.
"Kitted out" maybe? It certainly wasn't built. But "built" has a great ring to it, don't you think? So reassuring. So competent.
