perhaps i could invite nightingale‘s head of nursing, natalie grey, on my behalf, to unveil the plaquenightingale hospital open. applause. prince charles was on the balmoral estate having recently come out of self—isolation after contracting coronavirus. in less than two weeks, huge empty exhibition halls have been transformed into special hospital wards for covid—19 patients — a joint effort involving army planners working alongside nhs staff. the hospital is ready for new patients. it had been thought the first group would have arrived today. but london's hospitals have built up enough extra capacity to cope with the caseload at this stage. so the nightingale will not be needed until next week. nhs england announced new locations for further temporary hospitals. one in bristol, one in harrogate to add to those in manchester and birmingham. nhs scotland has announced similar plans for the sec in glasgow. in wales, the principality stadium in cardiff is to house patients. getting things done is the message the government wants to get across. but matt hancock, meeting staff and training

perhaps i could invite nightingale‘s head of nursing, natalie grey, on my behalf, to unveil the plaqueal open. applause. in less than two weeks, huge empty exhibition halls have been transformed into specialist hospital wards for covid—i9 patients. the hospital is ready for new patients. it had been thought the first group would've arrived by today but london's hospitals have built up enough extra capacity to cope with the caseload at this stage. so, the nightingale won't be needed until next week. good, i'm glad you got the protective clothing... getting things done is the message the government wants to convey, but matt hancock, meeting staff in training at the nightingale, has faced claims he hasn't done enough on testing for the virus. having set a target of 25,000 tests a day, which slipped to later this month, he's now come up with a hugely increased figure of 100,000 by the end of april, including many more done by academic and industrial laboratories. where are the tests going to come from, who's going to do them? itjust hasn't really been explained, you haven't given any detai

perhaps i could invite nightingale‘s head of nursing, natalie grey, on my behalf, to unveil the plaque nightingale hospital open. applause. in less than two weeks, huge empty exhibition halls have been transformed into specialist hospital wards for covid—i9 patients. the hospital is ready for new patients. it had been thought the first group would've arrived by today but london's hospitals have built up enough extra capacity to cope with the caseload at this stage. so, the nightingale won't be needed until next week. good, i'm glad you got the protective clothing... getting things done is the message the government wants to convey, but matt hancock, meeting staff in training at the nightingale, has faced claims he hasn't done enough on testing for the virus. having set a target of 25,000 tests a day, which slipped to later this month, he's now come up with a hugely increased figure of 100,000 by the end of april, including many more done by academic and industrial laboratories. where are the tests going to come from? who's going to do them? itjust hasn't really been explained, you have

perhaps i could invite nightingale's head of nursing natalie grey, on my behalf, to unveil the plaques nightingale hospital open. applause. prince charles was on the balmoral estate having recently come out of self—isolation after contracting coronavirus. in less than two weeks, huge empty exhibition halls have been transformed into special hospital wards for covid—19 patients. a joint effort involving army planners working alongside nhs staff. the hospital is ready for new patients. it had been thought the first group would have arrived by today, but london's hospitals have built up enough extra capacity to cope with the caseload at this stage, so the nightingale will not be needed until next week. nhs england announced new locations for further temporary hospitals — one in bristol, one in harrogate to add to those in manchester and birmingham. nhs scotland has announced similar plans for the sec in glasgow, and in wales, the principality stadium in cardiff is to house patients. getting things done is the message the government wants to get across, but matt hancock, meeting staff and

perhaps i could invite nightingale's head of nursing, natalie grey, on my behalf, to unveil the plaquehospital on the excel site. this must have been a good moment, but at the same time, the work sta rts but at the same time, the work starts now. the work started a long time ago and i am a small cog in a huge wheel. and although i look after the compassionate care, the end and palliative care aspects, as well as the staff welfare, excuse the voice—over, it is a huge team that goes into support that. and volu nteers that goes into support that. and volunteers as well, notjust nhs staff. who is it we can hear in the background? that is reminding those we have to stay at least two metres apart. there is no one anywhere near me. good, you certainly won't forget that with that going on! tell me more about how the hospital is going to be run and perhaps the way in which it has been set up now because it depends a lot on volunteers, doesn't it? yes, it does, obviously, the nhs staff have come back from retirement and from other things and they are extremely important in this, but so are the v