The team behind the NHS Nightingale hospital in east London is set to get the remaining 3,500 beds planned for the temporary complex ready in record time.

The work to finish the emergency hospital at the ExCel Centre, normally used for trade fairs and exhibitions, is expected to take just several weeks – rather than the years a 4,000-bed complex would normally take.

It was designed by BDP and opened remotely by Prince Charles on Friday with the first 500 beds now available to take in patients, who are expected to begin arriving shortly.

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