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Isn't the point that its a worst case scenario facility that they could never reasonably be expected to staff with qualified and trained people anyway? I.e if things get bad enough to need it, they never intended it to be staffed with critical care specialists but it'd still be better than nothing...
EDIT: Doesn't sound like that is how it is being used, but certainly fits with my understanding of how it was intended.
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It's my understanding that it's just more capacity. It's not specifically for terminal cases, nor specifically for the milder end of the severe cases.
The cases there at the moment are just testing it out. The hope is that it doesn't have to be used to anywhere near capacity.
But, given the way the media in this country works, if they didn't build it and we were under capacity required the Government would be (quite rightly) pilloried. If they do build it, just in case, and it doesn't get used to capacity, the Government are lambasted for wasting resources.
Guessing the exact requirements months in advance isn't exactly easy.
Greenbank
Nightingale a vanity project with no staff but all the equipment.