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Birmingham's NHS Nightingale hospital hasn't had a single patient

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Birmingham's NHS Nightingale hospital has yet to treat any patients 10 days after opening. While the number of coronavirus cases in the Midlands has previously been high, ongoing social distancing measures have resulted in a drop in hospitalisation figures.

This means the region's new pop-up facility, which is housed in the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) has, so far, not been required.

The chief executive of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust said it was a "good thing" the hospital had not received patients.

It showed the NHS had "absorbed" the extra pressure Dr David Rosser said. "It was never going to be a great thing to have to open this extra capacity because it didn't come with new staff," he said. "And of course

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