NHS must prepare for annual summer heat pressures, says Yvette Cooper

UK Health Secretary Yvette Cooper has warned that the NHS must prepare for summer heatwaves with the same urgency as winter flu seasons. Rising global temperatures are causing infrastructure failures and increased demand on medical services.
Yvette Cooper says climate change requires ‘some immediate acute responses’ by health services in the UK. Yvette Cooper says climate change requires ‘some immediate acute responses’ by health services in the UK. NHS NHS 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
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