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During June's record-breaking heatwave, NHS staff resorted to cooling themselves with gloves filled with water, a doctor described performing CPR in a poorly ventilated room as "almost impossible", and many reported feeling unwell because of the heat.

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These accounts come from a survey of more than 1,100 healthcare workers by the Doctors' Association UK, carried out as the UK recorded its hottest ever June day at 37.7C. Among reported indoor NHS temperatures, the median was 33C and the highest 45C.

Ninety-four per cent of respondents stated they had no or partial air conditioning, and over two-thirds said patient safety had been affected. In some hospitals, the heating was still running as the radiators were too old to turn off.

This was no isolated event. For the first time on record, the UK has reached 35C in May, June and July of the same year.

Heatwaves are becoming more frequent, intense and prolonged as a........

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