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NHS summer action plan needed says Labour
Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary has called on the government to produce an NHS summer action plan to keep patients safe in the extreme heat.
Jon Ashworth has written to Health Secretary Matt Hancock warning of growing evidence that the severe hot weather is putting ‘considerable extra strain on hospitals this summer’, claiming that wards are over full and staff are struggling to cope.
Therefore, Labour has urged the government to publish an action plan for how the government is supporting the NHS to deal with the current extreme heat, covering whether patients can expect to access routine services without disruption, what additional resources is the government providing to hospitals to help them cope, as well as new plans to make sure that NHS buildings are properly equipped to deal with the extreme heat.
Ashworth said: “It is clear that the traditional lull in NHS activity during the quieter summer months is a thing of the past. Hospitals now face year round pressures. With more hot weather on the way it is time for the government to step in to help with an NHS summer action plan to keep patients safe.”
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