Intensive Care: Hospitals
(asked on 12th May 2020) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Armed Forces personnel have been deployed in the creation of the NHS Nightingale Hospitals.
This question was answered on 20th May 2020
The Ministry of Defence has supported the NHS in several ways. This has included a significant contribution to the opening of the Nightingale Hospitals as a measure to ensure the NHS can meet the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Over the course of the past three months, Defence has deployed over 500 military personnel to support the design and build of these temporary hospitals, providing infrastructure, logistics and project management advice.