NHS Nightingale Hospital Birmingham

This article is about the NHS temporary COVID-19 hospital in NEC Birmingham. For other hospitals named "NHS Nightingale", see NHS Nightingale Hospitals. For other hospitals named "Nightingale", see Nightingale Hospital (disambiguation).

NHS Nightingale Hospital Birmingham
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
View of the National Exhibition Centre, the site of the hospital, in 2015
Map
Geography
LocationNational Exhibition Centre
Solihull
B40 1NT, West Midlands
Coordinates52°27′12″N 1°43′10″W / 52.45333°N 1.71944°W / 52.45333; -1.71944
Organisation
Care systemNHS England
TypeCOVID-19 critical care
Services
Beds
  • 496 (phase 1 on day 1)
  • 800 (phase 1 if needed)
  • 2,000 (phase 2 if needed)
  • 4,000 beds (potential)
HelipadBirmingham Airport
History
Opened16 April 2020
Closed1 April 2021
Links
Websitenightingale-birmingham.nhs.uk Edit this at Wikidata

The NHS Nightingale Hospital Birmingham was the second of the temporary NHS Nightingale Hospitals set up by NHS England to help to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. It was constructed inside the National Exhibition Centre, Solihull, and opened on 16 April 2020.[1] It cost £66.4 million to set up and was the most expensive of all the Nightingale temporary hospitals. On 1 April 2021 the hospital closed without ever treating a patient.[2]

  1. ^ "Birmingham's NHS Nightingale Hospital officially declared open by Prince William". Birmingham Mail. 16 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Covid: Birmingham's Nightingale hospital closes without seeing any patients". itv.com. April 2021.