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🏛️ Politics 🔥 everyone's chattering 32d ago · 4 sources

Burnham Chairs Emergency Cobra on Extreme Heat Crisis

🐿️ The Squirrel's Take

Burnham's Cobra meeting is a political acorn to distract from the fact that his government has no real plan to air-condition the NHS or retrofit homes for heatwaves.

💡 Why it matters

Without urgent adaptation, record heat will continue overwhelming hospitals and causing preventable deaths among vulnerable populations.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham chaired an emergency Cobra meeting as an amber extreme heat warning comes into force with temperatures set to hit 38°C. The Royal College of Nursing reports nurses fainting in inhumane conditions, with A&E visits exceeding 2.4 million per month for three consecutive months.

#extreme heat #nhs crisis #climate adaptation #cobra meeting #nurse safety

📡 Where we spotted it (4)

Temperatures to soar to 38C as amber extreme heat warning comes into force

Nurses fainting in ‘inhumane’ conditions due to extreme heat, union warns

Busiest ever period for England's A&Es as extreme heat hits

Andy Burnham's Emergency Cobra Meeting On Extreme Heat

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