Lessons in cognitive unloading, skills mixing, flattened hierarchy and organisational agility from the Nightingale Hospital London during the first wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

• Ben O'Brien,
• Richard Schilling,
• Andrew Wragg,
• Alastair Proudfoot,
• Nikhil Ahluwalia,
• Mark Westwood,
• Charles Knight,
• George Benjamin Collins,
• Lynne Arrol,
• Natalie Forrest,
• Alan McGlennan,
• Matthew Trainer,
• Eamonn Sullivan

Affiliations

Ben O'Brien

Department of Anaesthetics, German Heart Center, Charité Medical Faculty, Berlin, Germany

Richard Schilling

Department of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK

Andrew Wragg

NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and the University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

Alastair Proudfoot

2 Barts Heart Centre, St Bartholomews Hospital, London, UK

Nikhil Ahluwalia

Department of Cardiology, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK

Mark Westwood

1Barts Heart Centre and University college of London Hospital, UK

Charles Knight

Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

George Benjamin Collins

Division of Medicine, University College London, London, UK

Lynne Arrol

Department of Clinical Governance, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK

Natalie Forrest

Senior Responsible Owner, New Hospital Programme, Department of Health and Social Care, London, UK

Alan McGlennan

Department of Anaesthetics, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

Matthew Trainer

Chief Executive, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, Dartford, UK

Eamonn Sullivan

Chief Nurse (testing), NHS Test and Trace, Department of Health and Social Care, London, UK