Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the estimated cost is of setting up the eight Nightingale Hubs for covid-19 patients.
The overall cost to date of establishing the eight Nightingale hubs is £10,672,088.32.
No decision has been made to stand down the Nightingale hubs. This is being monitored daily by the National Health Service and the capacity will be stood down as and when the situation improves.