Hospital Scraps ‘Airbnb-Style’ Scheme for Recovering Patients

A member of clinical staff prepares a bed for the next patient in the Accident and Emergency department of the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary in Wigan, north west England on April 2, 2015. Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images

An NHS hospital has dropped out of a scheme that proposed to put up recuperating patients in people’s spare rooms.

The concept, dubbed NHS Airbnb, is run by the startup CareRooms that is set to run a trial in Essex in a bid to tackle bed shortages.