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 Intensive Care Medicine, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK

Richard Schilling

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

Andrew Wragg

Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

Alastair Proudfoot

Department of Intensive Care, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK

Nikhil Ahluwalia

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

Mark Westwood

Department of Cardiac Imaging, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, 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