Inside NHS Nightingale: London emergency hospital to be put on ‘on standby’

No. 10 says hospital ‘absolutely not’ a waste of money

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The London NHS Nightingale Hospital is to be placed “on standby” due to limited demand for its services, Downing Street has confirmed.

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