Dr Hilary Jones issues urgent warning after more than 2,000 deaths

New figures show there were more than 2,000 deaths in the UK last summer due to extreme heat (Image: Getty) A popular doctor has revealed how to stay safe during a heatwave as the latest figures show more than 2,000 people died due to heat last summer. New Government data estimates 2,295 lives lost due to the heat in between June and September 2023. Older people were most impacted with 92 percent of the deaths occurring in those aged over 65.

In total the deaths equated to 16,239 years of life lost, or 7.7 years for every person aged over 65 estimated to have died. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.

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