Would have been hard to use them during the initial influx of patients, unless hospitals were overflowing. Even nursing staff have to become acquainted with where everything is, how it works and how the disease itself operates. Also what other equipment may be needed there and stocks, it all sort of makes sense in the long term plans.

I'm still convinced that the next step will be to open the Nightingales to new arrivals, have a dedicated staff there and reopen the NHS hospitals again for regular treatments - hopefully keeping the virus away.