Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of staff are currently working on climate adaptation in the NHS.

The requested information is not centrally held by the Department, but this is an increasingly important area of work, as set out by my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in her statement on 30 July, which is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ukhsa-report-shows-2877-excess-deaths-caused-by-may-and-june-heatwaves