Adapting to global heating: which UK public services are struggling in hot weather?
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- Daily Mail News·4h agoPatients dialling 999 in a heatwave could have to wait for temperatures to drop before an ambulance arrives under union plans to stop crews working in hot weather
Unison says many emergency workers are expected to work in conditions 'harmful to their health' and wants NHS trusts to do more to protect members during increasingly hot summers.
Read at Daily Mail News → - BBC Health·15h agoNHS must plan for heatwaves like it does for winter, health secretary says
The warning comes after the NHS sees a surge in patients and problems with equipment in high temperatures.
Read at BBC Health → - The Independent·1d agoNHS must prepare for annual heatwave crises in the same way as winter flu season, health secretary warns
England is on track for a record number of deaths caused by heatwaves this year
Read at The Independent → - Guardian Politics·1d agoNHS must prepare for annual summer heat pressures, says Yvette Cooper
Health secretary says global heating means UK hospitals and GPs will have to prepare for summer as well as winter peaks of demand Adapting to global heating: which UK public services are struggling in hot weather? The NHS has been warned to prepare for potential annual summer…
Read at Guardian Politics → - Guardian UK·1d agoAdapting to global heating: which UK public services are struggling in hot weather?
As NHS told to prepare for extreme weather, strain also felt in other areas including transport and farming NHS must prepare for annual summer heat pressures, says Yvette Cooper The NHS has been told it must become more resilient to increasingly frequent heatwaves supercharged…
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