{"id":684152,"date":"2026-07-10T12:01:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T12:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/684152\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T12:01:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T12:01:17","slug":"heatstroke-cases-rising-inside-walsalls-ae-as-uk-swelters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/684152\/","title":{"rendered":"Heatstroke cases rising: Inside Walsall&#8217;s A&#038;E as UK swelters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">West Midlands Ambulance Service said it was also taking extra steps &#8211; anticipating more callouts when England plays Norway on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This includes additional frontline ambulance crews, more 999 call assessors and increased numbers of officers and ambulances on shift.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The service is expecting an increase in heat-related illness, dehydration and medical emergencies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Meanwhile, Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Community and Hospitals NHS Group said it had its highest week of emergency department attendances on record last week, &#8220;partly as a result of the impact of the heatwave the week before&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A spokesperson for University Hospitals Birmingham, which runs Good Hope, Heartlands, Queen Elizabeth and Solihull hospitals, said they were seeing cases of severe heatstroke.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The Trust has not stepped activity down due to the extreme heat and has in place its heatwave plans to maintain the safety and comfort of our patients and colleagues,&#8221; they said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We encourage our communities to follow the very good advice to stay safe by staying in the shade, staying well hydrated, looking out for their vulnerable friends and neighbours, do not swim in open water or places without a lifeguard present, and use sun protection if braving the sun.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"West Midlands Ambulance Service said it was also taking extra steps &#8211; anticipating more callouts when England plays&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":684153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-684152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=684152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/684153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=684152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=684152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=684152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}