Are there any ''Nightingale'' hospital wards still in use in the United Kingdom?
Only a few years ago I remember working in Nightingale style wards which were long rooms with about 10 beds down the left side and 10 beds down the right side, which constituted the entire bed area of the ward. Recently almost all trusts in the United Kingdom seem to have built at least one new hospital. The hospital I work in has wards comprising of many 6 bedded rooms and has a 'shortage' of single bedrooms. This is concerning the trust so much that they have spoken about an 'internal upgrade' to turn some of the 6 bedded rooms into 4 bedded rooms and some of them into two single en suite bedrooms. However it was only a very short time ago when I remember lots of Nightingale wards but they seem to have suddenly vanished. I understand how single rooms are important for preserving people's dignity if they are terminally ill or for containing the spread of infection, however in practice I enjoyed working on Nightingale wards because it was much more easy to do one patient at a time, and with sinks between each bed, barrier nursing could still be maintained. I find that sadly, on busy wards, patients in single bedded side rooms are neglected the most. Does anyone know if any trust in the United Kingdom still uses Nightingale Wards and is not in the process of replacing them?
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Woodend Hospital in Aberdeen still uses this type of ward (or did when I was last there a year ago). It is an old building (and l guess subject to listed building restrictions) so any attempt to modernise would be highly expensive.
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