Question follow-through · 14131
Health Services: Temperature
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the annual cost to the NHS of illnesses attributable to extreme heat.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 29 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 20 Jul 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the annual cost to the NHS of illnesses attributable to extreme heat.
1 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Jul 2026
Answer published
A cross-Government collaboration, which includes the National Health Service and the Department, produces an annual Adverse Weather and Health Plan that incorporates heatwave preparedness measures. Services are expected to be prepared for periods of hot w...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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