Private sector hospitals will partner with NHS England in a first-of-its-kind deal to provide thousands more beds, extra ventilators and additional staff as the health service attempts to fight against the spread of the Covid – coronavirus in this country.
Announced by the NHS, the plan is expected to help the nationalized service deliver urgent operations and cancer treatments while also treating those infected with the virus, which has so far claimed the lives of more than (people and infected over 4, .
The deal includes the provision of 8, hospital beds across England, nearly 1, more ventilators, more than , (nurses, over) (doctors and over 8, Other clinical staff.
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In London, the worst afflicted region in the UK, it includes over 2, hospital beds, and over operating theaters and critical beds.
NHS chief executive Sir Simon Stevens said: “We’re dealing with an unprecedented global health threat and are taking immediate and exceptional action to gear up.
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