a waterway don t be tempted to bejump in. you can get cold water shock but also its quite dangerous. there are some tiktok trends or some things on social media where people are egging each other on or shoving off orjumping off bridges and whatever. don t do it. the uk health security agency believes a far more moderate heatwave last summer led to 1600 excess deaths, so older people in particular are being urged to avoid the sunshine over the next few days. on a visit to the east of england ambulance trust, the new health secretary steve barclay insisted the health service is prepared. each ambulance trust has well developed contingency plans for extreme weather, and we re also working with the hospitals to get the handovers from ambulances into hospitals, but also to ensure that, where people can be moved onto the wards themselves, we are using the full capability of the hospital rather than people waiting longer than they need to in ambulances outside.
but also it s quite dangerous. there are some tiktok trends or some things on social media where people are egging each other on or showing off orjumping off bridges and whatever. don t do it. the uk health security agency believes a far more moderate heatwave last summer led to 1600 excess deaths, so older people in particular are being urged to avoid the sunshine over the next few days. on a visit to the east of england ambulance trust, the new health secretary steve barclay insisted the health service is prepared. each ambulance trust has well developed contingency plans for extreme weather, and we re also working with the hospitals to get the handovers from ambulances into hospitals, but also to ensure that, where people can be moved onto the wards themselves, we are using the full capability of the hospital rather than people waiting longer than they need to in ambulances outside. shade and sun cream should be
you can get cold water shock but also it s quite dangerous. there are some tiktok trends or some things on social media where people are egging each other on or showing off orjumping off bridges and whatever. don t do it. the uk health security agency believes a far more moderate heatwave last summer led to 1600 excess deaths, so older people in particular are being urged to avoid the sunshine over the next few days. on a visit to the east of england ambulance trust, the new health secretary steve barclay insisted the health service is prepared. each ambulance trust has well developed contingency plans for extreme weather, and we re also working with the hospitals to get the handovers from ambulances into hospitals, but also to ensure that, where people can be moved onto the wards themselves, we are using the full capability of the hospital rather than people waiting longer than they need to in ambulances outside.
there may be fewer services. people just need to be on their guard for disruptions to their normal travel patterns, and if they don t have to travel, then this may be the moment to work at home. it comes at a time when ambulance services are already under intense pressure, with record numbers of call outs and the most urgent, category one, calls last month. the health secretary steven barclay has been explaining what additional help will be in place during the hot weather. we are putting in extra measures in terms we are putting in extra measures in terms of we are putting in extra measures in terms of call handlers, support for fleet. terms of call handlers, support for fleet. extra terms of call handlers, support for fleet, extra hours of capacity within fleet, extra hours of capacity within the ambulances, and discussing with the ambulance chief execs discussing with the ambulance chief execs the discussing with the ambulance chief execs the specific measures they are
we ll be putting in extra measures in terms of call handlers, support forfleet, extra hours of capacity within the ambulances, and i was discussing with the ambulance chief execs the specific measures they are taking. each ambulance trust has well developed contingency plans for extreme weather, and we are also working with the hospitals to get the handover from ambulances into hospitals, but also to ensure that where people can be moved onto the wards themselves, we are using the full capability of the hospital rather than people waiting longer than they need to in ambulances outside. airlines are being forced to either cancel or run fewer flights because of staff shortages at heathrow airport. emirates airlines have agreed to cap sales of their flights out of heathrow until mid august. a short time ago, i spoke to our business correspondent vishala sri pathma.