NHS warned to prepare for annual summer heat crises like winter peaks

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Health secretary says global heating means UK hospitals and GPs will have to prepare for summer as well as winter peaks of demand

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The NHS has been warned to prepare for potential annual summer crises caused by extreme heat with the same pressures as winter, as heatwaves caused by the climate crisis become routine in the UK.

The health secretary, Yvette Cooper, said NHS staff were feeling A&E pressures that would normally be expected only during flu season – and said the government would use major investment in NHS infrastructure to tackle the health service’s resilience to high summer temperatures.

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