This is how often you should wash your bedding in summer to prevent it becoming 'a hotbed for bacteria', according to experts

A bedroom with bare plaster walls and navy blue shutters on the windows with a bed dressed in white bedlinen.

Wondering how often you should wash your bedding in the summer? Thanks to a heatwave and temperatures in the UK topping 30°C, it's a question many of us are likely pondering.

The official advice on how often to change bed sheets is once every one to two weeks – whether the mercury is soaring or not – but should you be upping your laundry routine even more during the hot weather?