Table 2.

Field (Nightingale) hospital occupancy and capacity

Nightingale hospital location	Occupied beds at peak (n)*	Maximum operational beds (n)*	Maximum theoretical capacity (beds)
London (Excel Centre)	66	112	4000
Manchester (Convention Centre)	47	72	1000
Birmingham (National Exhibition Centre)	0	0	2000
Bristol (University of West England)	NA	NA	1000
Washington (Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Advanced Manufacturing)	NA	NA	450
Harrogate (Convention Centre)	0	0	500
Exeter (Westpoint Arena)	NA	NA	200

*Several hospitals were formally opened, but never reported an occupied bed, as such they did not appear in the SitRep data set (denoted by NA in the table). Those that were in the data set but had no patients are denoted by ‘0’.

NA, not available; SitRep, situation report.