To be worried about work with the temperature tomorrow

totally agree

Good. They have a duty of care to their staff

Colchester council have cancelled refuse collections due to the heat

For those asserting it's just hysterical British people and everyone else manages fine

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/01/italy-limits-outdoor-work-as-heatwave-breaks-records-across-europe

I think it’s all very well to say this if you’re not stuck in a near 30 degree room with over 30 other human beings and no air- all day!

Some genius recommended freezing a hot water bottle to get through the night. Can’t find the post. Resharing like this.

Italy broke up on the 1st June. My place in Spain is very cool even in heatwaves as the floor and walls are designed to keep the heat out. Plus I have shutters across all the windows which stay closed.

Or some literal shit when an employees IBD plays up Weather like this makes those conditions a lot worse.

People are being absolutely ridiculous and hysterical about the weather 🙄 So it's hot, get a grip

Chuck a bottle of water in the freezer overnight and take it in a cool bag alongside a fridged bottle of water. Absolute luxury when the temp is like an oven.

I thought I had it bad today… school kitchen in the sterilising room ( like Turkish steam room!!). Then I remembered how hot hospitals are!!! Cold water on the wrists every so often helps me.

Also more people die of cold than heat here

How are all the nhs workers and teachers coping today did you all melt or did you put you big girl pants on and cope. Sorry to the teachers and nhs workers who arent moaning and dont think their life is so much harder then everyone else's but its all you ever hear on here. Im a nurse or im a teacher and im so hard done by my life is so much harder then anyone else's blah blah blah

Not necessarily, think more the PTSD and suicidal patients who've syched themselves up to go in for the appointment despite the weather, only to have the appointment cancelled because people like OP didn't plan ahead.

We've all known it will be hot but put plans in place.
Like many have said, there are worse jobs for heat and OP went for the wfh option, instead of suggestions to make it less uncomfortable.

It's a domino effect, if OP is granted wfh because of the heat, what's to stop all the other office based employees asking the same?

Totally agree it's lack of resilience and planning.

I don't necessarily feel hot. But where I live we get 90°+ in the summer and everything is air conditioned. I find if I get out of the car where the air conditioning is on, and then I walk across a parking lot where it's 90°, and then I go inside a store where the air conditioning is on, I get really sweaty and red-faced even though I don't really feel overheated.

Quite!

OP makes out she's got a more important job than anyone else, even others in the NHS.
Oh, but my patients have PTSD and are suicidal. So do many more going in for appointments, but worforces are not coming to a standstill, people manage.

Where's your ability to adapt or are you always looking for an easy way out?

If you can't manage an appointment due to bad planning, that's on you.

You'd think OP was asked to conduct the appointments in a hot kitchen, where even then, people manage 😆.

Again - my initial post was a response to a comment on this thread that 'it will be fine', because obviously it won't be fine for some people.

My other response was to you suggesting that previous excess deaths from heatwaves were only because the temperatures reached 40 degrees. I pointed you to the recommendations that the current temperatures pose a risk to vulnerable populations. You then responded with a snarky question about me expecting the country to be shut down.

The whataboutery comment wasn't aimed at you. Sorry if it came across that way.

But i do realise that vulnerable people need to take more care of themselves during extreme weather but I dont see what that has to do with not wanting to go to work which is what this thread is about. Drink more water, stay out of the sun, dress appropriately, take your inhalers, up your salt if needed etc etc

Well then your boss may have some expensive employment tribunals heading their way.

It's ignorant and arrogant to assume everyone is affected by heat in the same way.

Heat literally leaves me paralysed. There's nothing princessy about that

Eh?

What a bizarre comment.

My original post was in response to poster who said something along the lines of 'we'll all be ok'. I was pointing out that some people are not ok in very hot weather.

The appropriate response to my response to you was 'ok, I didn't realise that'.

So what's your suggestion close down the country

"In the UK, a heatwave from June 19-22, 2025, is projected to cause an estimated 570 excess deaths, with a disproportionate impact on the elderly and specific regions like the West Midlands and London. This surge in mortality is attributed to the extreme temperatures exacerbated by human-caused global heating, according to researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Imperial College London. "

A quick google could have told you that current high temperatures are expected to cause excess mortality.

"Public health alerts are typically issued when temperatures reach 28°C. Higher temperatures, particularly those in the high 20s or low 30s, can be fatal, especially for the elderly, infants, pregnant individuals, and those with pre-existing health conditions, according to the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine."