🇬🇧 United Kingdom · 2021 · 🙈 Never used
Built in weeks in 2020 to handle a Covid surge. How much did they cost, and how busy were they?
💸 Guess, then reveal the price
£530 million total cost
Best hospital in England: no waiting lists, no patients.
What actually happened
The Nightingale hospitals were built at speed as insurance against the NHS being overwhelmed and cost more than £530 million. Most treated few or no Covid patients, partly due to staffing limits, and they closed in 2021.
Source: The King’s Fund ↗ · Amount in original currency, not adjusted for inflation. An unusual cost is not automatically waste; see how we check the facts.