A field hospital which became a symbol of the early response to the Covid pandemic in Swansea Bay is finally to be decommissioned. Bay Studios Field Hospital, off Fabian Way, was created at speed along with the smaller Llandarcy Field Hospital a couple of miles to the east.
Rows of beds were created, along with office space, digital connections, and new lighting and heating in a breakneck £18 million project. Fortunately, the acute beds at both sites were not needed to care for Covid patients and the Llandarcy facility was decommissioned after the first wave of the pandemic.
Bay Studios Field Hospital was retained and has been used as a mass vaccination centre, phlebotomy facility and outpatient clinic space, among other things. It is part of the privately-run Bay Studios complex, and the field hospital lease comes to an end on July 31.
