Weston Park care home in Cheshire has offered a 30-bed unit to nearby Macclesfield District General Hospital free of charge in order to support the NHS during the Covid-19 outbreak.
With the current shortage of critical care units across the UK, owner Capital Care Group has offered the purpose-built space to East Cheshire NHS Trust.
Capital Care Group said the 30-bed unit, which stands separately to the rest of Weston Park (pictured), will provide additional space needed provide step-down support for NHS hospital patients, freeing up critical care beds in the main hospital for coronavirus patients.
However, Capital Care Group said it has yet to receive a reply from the NHS about the offer despite a direct approach.
Capital Care managing director Manjeet Rai urged NHS leaders to get in touch to finalise details of the offer.
“In a time of crisis I felt it was imperative that we should do everything we can to support our communities and our colleagues in the NHS,” he added.
“We see this as an opportunity to give something back to the community here in Macclesfield, whose friends and families we have grown so close to through our everyday work.
“We hope that by offering this extra space to hospital patients, completely free of charge, Macclesfield District General Hospital will then have the capacity it needs to treat those who are most unwell from the coronavirus outbreak.”
