Hospital wards reached a sweltering 35 degrees during the latest heatwave, the trust running Wexham Park Hospital has said – and its board has pledged to work to be better.

The NHS trust responsible for Wexham Park Hospital and Heatherwood Hospital is looking at ways to make older buildings more resilient against the heat.

NHS Frimley Health Foundation Trust has constructed a 2025-2028 ‘green plan’, which aims to upgrade its buildings to make them greener and better able to cope with extreme weather.

Its main aims include preparing for the effects of climate change, using more renewable energy and improving the way waste is managed.

The green plan also supports the trust’s goal of cutting its carbon emissions by 50 per cent over the next five years.

NHS Frimley trust’s board of directors discussed this at a meeting on Friday (July 3) at Frimley Park Hospital – which falls under the same trust.

Its main aims include preparing for the effects of climate change, using more renewable energy and improving the way waste is managed.

The green plan also supports the trust’s goal of cutting its carbon emissions by 50 per cent over the next five years.

NHS Frimley trust’s board of directors discussed this at a meeting on Friday (July 3) at Frimley Park Hospital – which falls under the same trust.

One board member, Julia Gregory, said climate resilience – ie, the ability to prepare for, cope with and recover from the effects of climate change – is an area which ‘directly affects’ patients.

“It’s one thing being at home ill with a fan in your face but being in a hospital where you’ve got little control [is different],” she said.

James Clarke, chief strategy officer at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, said temperatures in hospitals in the past few weeks have been ‘tough’ for patients and ‘not comfortable’.