Construction of the NHS Louisa Jordan hospital at the Scottish Events Campus in Glasgow has been completed and is now operationally ready. Starting Monday, 20 April 2020, the hospital will be clinically equipped to receive patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, if required.
The NHS Louisa Jordan hospital was announced by the First Minister on 30 March 2020 to boost the existing capacity of NHS Scotland to treat patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. The hospital is named after the noble Scottish nurse Sister Louisa Jordan who died in 1915 while serving in Serbia as part of the Scottish Women’s Hospitals for Foreign Services.
The hospital will have an initial capacity to treat 300 patients which can be expanded to >1000 beds. It currently houses 1036 bed bays. Deployment of clinical and support staff will happen in a phased manner from NHS Scotland, including retired doctors returning to work. Staffing will be adjusted as per the number of beds.
Health Secretary Jeane Freeman said: "The decision on patients being accepted at the NHS Louisa Jordan will be reviewed on a regular basis. I hope this facility will not be needed as, alongside the public’s continued efforts to stay at home, NHS Scotland has already taken steps to increase the number of NHS beds."
