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Hospitals: Temperature

Asked by Pippa HeylingsLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 10 July 2025UIN 64873

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many overheating incidents have been logged in NHS hospitals in the East of England in each of the last five years.

Answered by Karin Smyth

There were 665 overheating incidents logged in National Health Service hospitals in the East of England over the past five years. The following table shows the number of overheating incidents logged in NHS hospitals in the East of England in each of the last five years:

Year

Overheating incidents in East of England

2023/24

77

2022/23

105

2021/22

218

2020/21

265

2019/20

Not collected

Source: Estates Returns Information Collection data, available at the following link:
https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/estates-returns-information-collection

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