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Improving the Climate-resilience of Hospitals in England: Insights from overheating incidents

Improving the Climate-resilience of Hospitals in England: Insights from overheating incidents
Improving the Climate-resilience of Hospitals in England: Insights from overheating incidents
Climate‑related hazards ‑ including extreme heat, flooding, and air‑quality deterioration ‑ pose escalating risks to patient safety, staff wellbeing, and the resilience of NHS estates. While progress on decarbonisation has advanced, climate‑adaptation measures have not kept pace.

Here we have used Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a case study to investigate their current climate resilience and identify opportunities and barriers in increasing resilience in UK hospitals. We found that despite strong detection and response processes, current approaches remain reactive and constrained by ageing infrastructure, fragmented governance, and limited long‑term investment.
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Blount, Hannah
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Tewkesbury, Adam J
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Filingeri, Davide
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Blount, Hannah
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Chubb, Miranda
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Filingeri, Davide
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Blount, Hannah, Tewkesbury, Adam J, Chubb, Miranda, Koch Esteves, Nuno and Filingeri, Davide (2026) Improving the Climate-resilience of Hospitals in England: Insights from overheating incidents Southampton. University of Southampton 5pp. (doi:10.5258/SOTON/PP0178).

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Abstract

Climate‑related hazards ‑ including extreme heat, flooding, and air‑quality deterioration ‑ pose escalating risks to patient safety, staff wellbeing, and the resilience of NHS estates. While progress on decarbonisation has advanced, climate‑adaptation measures have not kept pace.

Here we have used Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a case study to investigate their current climate resilience and identify opportunities and barriers in increasing resilience in UK hospitals. We found that despite strong detection and response processes, current approaches remain reactive and constrained by ageing infrastructure, fragmented governance, and limited long‑term investment.

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Published date: 2026
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Local EPrints ID: 511267
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/511267
DOI: doi:10.5258/SOTON/PP0178
PURE UUID: 20d08880-25fa-4c81-a175-c4783d6b2f63
ORCID for Hannah Blount: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2419-1716
ORCID for Nuno Koch Esteves: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0580-7642
ORCID for Davide Filingeri: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5652-395X

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Date deposited: 11 May 2026 16:37
Last modified: 16 May 2026 02:15

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Author: Hannah Blount ORCID iD
Author: Adam J Tewkesbury
Author: Miranda Chubb
Author: Nuno Koch Esteves ORCID iD
Author: Davide Filingeri ORCID iD

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