The Royal College of Nursing became the latest union to warn of unsafe working conditions in extreme heat for many staff members in hospital wards and care homes
Nurses collapse and suffer seizures on hot wards 'not fit for humans', union warns
The Royal College of Nursing became the latest union to warn of unsafe working conditions in extreme heat for many staff members in hospital wards and care homes
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Ella Pickover and Paige Ingram
02:11, 13 Aug 2026Updated 02:15, 13 Aug 2026
RCN chief executive and general secretary Professor Nicola Ranger said nursing staff are being ‘failed’
Nurses are 'dripping with sweat from head to toe' at work during five heatwaves in what is set to be the hottest summer on record.
RCN chief executive and general secretary Professor Nicola Ranger said nursing staff are being ‘failed’
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