Hospitals: Temperature

(asked on 28th August 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether assessments of sites for new hospitals are required to consider the impact of removing woodland on local temperatures and resilience to heatwaves.


Answered by
Karin Smyth Portrait
Karin Smyth
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 8th September 2026

I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 16 July in response to Question 17199.

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