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More amber heat health alerts issued - as World Cup and heatwaves drive record NHS demand
Summer heatwaves and World Cup demand pushed corridor care to 3,181 patients a day, while 7.28 million treatments were waiting, NHS England said.
- In June, an average of 3,181 patients received care in hospital corridors daily across England, rising from 2,900 in May, according to NHS England data.
- Heatwaves and the World Cup are driving summer demand, forcing the NHS to manage pressures typically reserved for winter months, Professor Frankie Swords said.
- While 65.6% of patients began routine treatment within 18 weeks, the national waiting list rose for the second consecutive month to 7.28 million treatments.
- Health Secretary James Murray called corridor care 'unacceptable and undignified,' pledging the Government will eliminate it by the end of the current parliament.
- Bea Taylor of the Nuffield Trust warned that climate change means hospitals now face multiple shocks throughout summer, putting additional strain on the health service.
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