Fully working ventilators from the set of Holby City have been donated to London’s makeshift coronavirus hospital.

The BBC revealed the devices have been delivered to NHS Nightingale, the temporary 4,000-bed facility treating COVID-19 patients at the capital’s ExCeL Centre.

It was not immediately clear how many ventilators had been donated, or why working medical equipment was used on set of the fictional medical drama.

Holby City executive producer Simon Harper said: “We are only too happy to help out and do what we can for the courageous and selfless real-life medics.”

It was revealed last month that the makers of Holby City and fellow BBC drama Casualty were in talks about donating medical kit to help the NHS during the coronavirus pandemic.

Many NHS staff have warned they do not have enough protective equipment to guard themselves as they treat patients.

Producers of the two shows – which have seen production halted due to COVID-19 – said they were in discussions with local services to work out how equipment used on set can be put to use.

The UK has faced a shortage of ventilators, with just 8,000 in NHS hospitals, but Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove announced last week that hundreds more are being manufactured in the country each day.

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