Hospital spends £500,000 putting 2,000 sick patients up in a PREMIER INN

Royal Free Hospital in London uses the hotel to reduce pressure on beds

In 2010 it spent £40,000 paying for 262 patients to stay in the hotel

In 2012 and 2013 it paid £500,000 for 1,900 patients to have a bed there

The hotel says the rooms used for patients have no special equipment

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Hospital spends £500,000 putting 2,000 sick patients up in a PREMIER INN