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The nightingales were a good idea initially when we stopped everything else and had staff to redeploy but not now. That said, the idea that we could centralise critical care in a Nightingale was also not a good one. Staff will generally work longer shifts and offer themselves up for bank work in a site they feel comfortable working in, alongside trusted colleagues etc.
The frustration now is that we have beds, particularly in care homes. What we need to do is find a way of safely using them. IPC colleagues may have to compromise their standards on a risk based judgement in the same way that critical care teams are now having to.