‘Infection control becomes almost impossible’: four doctors on the NHS heatwave crisis

NHS doctors fear that temperatures are out of control in hospitals that are not built for such extremes. Photograph: Lankowsky/Alamy

Hospitals in England are declaring critical incidents with radiotherapy machines, MRI scanners, cooling units and IT systems failing owing to the extreme heat.

Here four doctors describe their experiences on the frontline that they say feels unsafe and dangerous for patients amid the worst NHS heatwave crisis in years.