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18 Jul 2022

What does the UK’s heatwave mean for the NHS?

Weather Presenter

So what does all that mean for the NHS?

Some hospitals are cancelling routine appointments, and doctors are warning of the health risks to vulnerable people.

We’ll get the latest from our health correspondent Victoria Macdonald, who’s outside University College Hospital in London.

But first for the latest on those record temperatures, our weather presenter Liam Dutton reported from beside the River Thames at Runnymede, Surrey.