The O2 is proud to be announcing today that in order to help support the NHS with their preparation for the large number of additional staff needed in the effort to tackle COVID-19, The O2 arena has been made available as an NHS training facility, operating from 12th April – 29th June 2020. The staff trained will go on to work at the NHS Nightingale field hospital at ExCel London.
The NHS will be using this as an educational training facility to prepare staff and no patients will be treated on site.
While this will require further rescheduling of events booked to take place during this period, the priority for us all at this time is to help save lives and we know our customers will understand our desire to support the NHS in this way. The rest of The O2 will remain closed to the public until further notice.
We encourage our customers to play their part during these difficult times by following government instructions to stay at home and practice social distancing.
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The O2 would like to make it clear that it will not be charging the NHS a hire fee for the use of the venue. Any costs incurred by the venue to provide services required by the NHS are being passed on at cost. The O2 will not profit from the NHS’s use of the venue in any way.