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Issue 251
Extreme Heat Risk for Thousands of Care Home Residents... As Temperatures Soar
Nearly 10,000 care homes are in parts of England are facing extreme levels of
However, concerns have been raised as new analysis by Friends of the Earth
heat, increasing the chances of heat-related deaths, campaigners have warned.
reveals the areas (high heat neighbourhoods) of England most at risk from dan-
As hotter weather returned to parts of the UK this week, resulting in amber heat health warnings being issued across swaths of England, parts of the UK saw thermometer readings hitting the mid-30s celsius making the UK hotter than Bali.
gerous heatwaves. The environmental justice campaigners are calling on the government to take urgent action to protect those most under threat
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