Chris

Nope, your earlier post is bolleaux.

The Times’ claim that “some may never fully open because of staff shortage” is rather different to yours, “l don't think they are using them because they simply don't have the available trained staff to staff them,” though I suspect it too is wide of the mark.

It’s blindingly obvious that these places couldn’t operate at full capacity based on existing NHS human resource. Where exactly would all those people be working right now? If things got so bad that the Nightingales got anywhere near busy we would be right into civil contingencies territory, and probably deploying every field medic in the armed forces to help out.

The answer to Seph’s question is that they have been used as required, and in the case of Glasgow at least, it is being used to train staff and to provide outpatient services away from regular hospitals.