The new hubs, named after Florence Nightingale, will be staffed by nurses and consultants, as well as clinical and non-clinical workers and look after those who are not well enough to go home but need minimal supervision during their COVID-19 recovery.
A number of new Nightingale"surge hubs" are to be set up around England as the NHS goes on a"war footing" in preparation for a wave of Omicron hospital admissions.
More sites have also been identified that could add another 4,000"super surge" beds, which include premises such as gyms and education centres.ICU patients 'overwhelmingly' not boosted
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