UK nurses report ‘inhumane’ heat in hospitals as heatwave grips country

Nurses are collapsing at work as they endure extreme heat in buildings that are proving unfit for the record temperatures gripping Britain.Conditions are “inhumane”, the Royal College of Nursing said on Thursday. Members have reported temperatures in excess of 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) in UK hospital wards and care homes, often without access to air conditioning, fans or even to windows that open, the RCN said.As Britain sweats through its fifth heatwave of the year, record temperatures are taking their toll on many of the country’s critical services. hospitals and social care buildings are “utterly unprepared for extreme temperatures”, Nicola Ranger, RCN general secretary and chief executive, said in a statement. “It’s becoming an impossible and inhumane place to work or receive care.”