Health bosses have warned that A&E departments are seeing near record levels of demand as people wilt in the heat. It comes as an NHS medical director said the heat had contributed to one of the ‘busiest days ever’ in A&E across the country on Thursday.
The Met Office has forecast temperatures in the high 20s this weekend, with the mercury topping out in the 30s in some parts of the UK.
Earlier this week, the Met Office extended its yellow heat warning until June 19, while several schools in East Sussex closed on Thursday due to water shortages. NHS national medical director Professor Sir Stephen Powis added: ‘We know the warm weather has increased demand on services and this week we have seen one of our busiest days ever at A&E departments.
Dan Stroud, spokesman for the Met Office, said conditions would become ‘increasingly humid and uncomfortable’ over the weekend
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