Heatwave fears for older people

January/February 2023: we launched research highlighting the shocking impact of 2022’s heatwave, and people’s fears if this happens again in 2023. Nearly 3,000 people in England alone lost their lives due to the heatwave last summer, and we found that 65% worried about older people dying in a heatwave this year.

The research was profiled by numerous local and regional newspapers, radio stations and TV news reports across England and Wales.