Hospitals: Temperature
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 South West in each of the last five years.
Answered by Karin Smyth
Data on overheating incidents is collected as part of the Estates Return Information Collection, and is available at the following link:
The following table shows how many overheating incidents have been logged in National Health Service hospitals in the South West in each of the last five years:
Year | Overheating incidents |
2023/24 | 413 |
2022/23 | 259 |
2021/22 | 191 |
2020/21 | Not collected |
2029/20 | Not collected |
Total | 863 |
Source: Estates Returns Information Collection dataset, published January 2025.
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