{"id":16939,"date":"2020-03-31T20:32:49","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T19:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nightingale.allocatesoftware.com\/?p=16939"},"modified":"2020-04-09T22:02:05","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T22:02:05","slug":"new-nhs-nightingale-north-west-temporary-hospital-will-help-save-lives-06-04-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nhsnightingalepeople.co.uk\/nw\/new-nhs-nightingale-north-west-temporary-hospital-will-help-save-lives-06-04-20\/","title":{"rendered":"New NHS Nightingale North West temporary hospital will help save lives | 06.04.20"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” overlay_strength=”0.3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_position=”left” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” overlay_strength=”0.3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_custom_heading text=”NHS Heroes” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]NHS staff are working day and night to create the new NHS Nightingale Hospital North West.\u00a0 The temporary hospital at Manchester Central is being put in place to for patients across the North West, including Lancashire, Cheshire, Merseyside and South Cumbria as well as Greater Manchester.<\/p>\n

They are joined by experts from the military, social care, local government, and charities at Manchester Central. Their combined efforts have created a new hospital, clinical model and recruitment programme in just ten days.<\/p>\n

Within the next week, NHS Nightingale Hospital North West will be equipped and staffed to receive up to 750 patients from across the North West of England. A recruitment campaign<\/a> launched on Saturday, and has already attracted hundreds of expressions of interest from across the North West.<\/p>\n

NHS Nightingale Hospital North West will be staffed by consultants, junior doctors, nurses, healthcare support workers, physiotherapists, pharmacists, occupational therapists, social workers, and a huge range of non-clinical support workers and administrators.<\/p>\n

They will look after Covid-19 patients from across the region who do not need intensive care but who still need treatment.\u00a0 The hospital will link closely to community health and social care services, and patients will be transferred there from the network of hospitals across the North West.<\/p>\n

Jackie Bird, Chief Nurse for NHS England and NHS Improvement North West, is the Senior Responsible Officer for the NHS Nightingale North West hospital. She said:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Nightingale programme, together with the rest of the coronavirus response, really shows what the NHS and its partners can achieve when it pulls all the stops out. It\u2019s been very heartening to see so many people and different organisations pulling together to create an entire hospital in the space of a fortnight to care for our population. It\u2019s an incredible feat.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cHospitals in the region have done a great job of ramping up capacity to care for coronavirus patients, and the NHS Nightingale North West will give us additional beds should they be needed. But of course we actually want to be treating as few people as possible here, which is why we are continuing to ask people in the North West to stay home to save lives.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The project lead for the hospital is Ian Williamson, who is also, Chief Accountable Officer of Manchester Health and Care Commissioning and will be managing how the temporary facility works with existing NHS and social care in the North West.<\/p>\n

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He said: \u201cNHS Nightingale Hospital North West will provide the highest possible standard of care for Covid-19 patients from across the whole region, and will free up capacity in our hospitals. <\/em><\/p>\n

The professionalism and commitment of the people who have come together from a wide range of organisations has made it possible to build a new hospital in just a few weeks and we are all proud to be involved in helping the NHS to save lives.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

A new executive leadership team has been quickly established. Michael McCourt, Chief Executive Officer of Manchester and Trafford Local Care Organisations, has been appointed Chief Executive.<\/p>\n

The team is working with NHS Professionals, a leading provider of flexible workforce services to the NHS, to recruit the right staff at NHS Nightingale Hospital North West without destabilising the rest of the NHS in the region.<\/p>\n

NHS Professionals, which is owned by the Department of Health and Social Care, is targeting those who have left or taken a break from their profession for any reason in the last three years, or work as part of the large bank of temporary workforce across the NHS.<\/p>\n

There are also a large number of non-clinical roles available, with no need for healthcare qualifications.<\/p>\n

Juliette Cosgrove, Chief Nurse and Director of Governance at NHS Professionals, will be the hospital\u2019s Chief Nurse. She said:<\/p>\n

\u201cNightingale North West is a key part of our region\u2019s response to Covid-19. If you share our passion for caring for patients at this time of need and you\u2019re available to work, we want to hear from you.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve already got strong clinical leadership in place and are looking to build a committed NHS workforce from across the North West. Maybe you recently retired as a doctor or a nurse, or you\u2019re a healthcare worker that wants to return to the frontline, or perhaps you don\u2019t have a healthcare background, but you want to play your part. There are a whole host of roles we are looking to recruit to, to make sure we can provide our patients with the best possible care.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019ll be working hard to look after every member of our team \u2013 to make sure they have personal protective equipment and feel supported to work in this challenging environment. Staff safety and wellbeing is a top priority.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Alan Yates, Chair of the Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership said:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe provision of the NHS Nightingale North West temporary hospital as an important contribution to the work we are doing in Cheshire and Merseyside in a tremendous collective response to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. We are grateful to our colleagues in Manchester for their outstanding effort in getting it up and running.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Dr Amanda Doyle, GP and Chief Clinical Officer for the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System said:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a really welcome facility for patients from across the North West, which will make a big difference to our ability in Lancashire and South Cumbria to respond to the on-going COVID-19 incident.\u00a0 It is really impressive how partners are coming together from all sectors across the region to get the facility ready in such a short space of time\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sir Richard Leese, Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester, said:<\/p>\n

“We are proud and delighted that Manchester Central has been transformed into this vital part of the fight against Coronavirus and will serve the whole of the North West. It is testament to the can do attitude of all involved that a couple of weeks has seen the incredible change from conference hall to hospital, and it is humbling to witness the partnership across the NHS, the military and the venue bring this to life.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cManchester will continue to support this new facility all we can – it will be of benefit to hospitals across the North West as we add an extra 750 beds into the system. My heartfelt thanks go to all involved.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Shaun Hinds, Chief Executive of Manchester Central, said:<\/p>\n

The Manchester Central team has pulled out every stop to help get the facility mobilised as quickly as possible. The pace at which the operation got underway and the manner in which all parties have come together to make this happen is truly commendable.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are incredibly proud to be able to use our venue and our skills to support the phenomenal work that the NHS are doing and hope that our contribution helps the North West, and indeed the UK, to recover as quickly as possible from these challenging times.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

John Roberts, Regional Managing Director of Vinci Construction, said: \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been amazing to see how everyone has collaborated in just a matter of days to turn this hospital around.\u00a0 Everyone\u2019s attitude has been remarkable and I couldn\u2019t be prouder.\u00a0 We are all focused on getting these beds ready to help save lives\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Notes to editors:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Pooled media interviews took place this morning.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For additional written quotes and photographs please contact Charlotte Dobson, Manchester Evening News, charlotte.dobson@reachplc.com ,\u00a0 07912366263<\/strong><\/p>\n

For additional interview and site footage, please contact Jim Clarke, BBC North West, jim.clarke.01@bbc.co.uk , 0771 501 2428<\/strong><\/p>\n

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