Manchester’s Nightingale hospital reopens to non-covid patients

The Nightingale hospital in Manchester is open and ready to admit patients from across the north west of England. But, in a surprising twist, it is only admitting patients who do not have covid-19.

The facility, based at the Manchester Central Convention Complex (formerly known as G-MEX), is the first of the Nightingale hospitals to reopen to help take pressure off local hospitals. Sunderland and Harrogate are expected to be next, and all the others are on standby.

A spokesperson for the NHS in the north west confirmed that the NHS Nightingale Hospital North West was open, expecting its first patients …