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Philip Broadbent

Philip is a Wellcome Multimorbidity PhD Fellow & Public Health Registrar at the University of Glasgow. He receives funding from the Wellcome Trust.

Blazing yellow sun and some clouds.

Heat deaths are a public health crisis rooted in housing inequality

Flats, small homes and overcrowded properties trap heat. Renters cannot fit shutters or external shading, and cooling costs money that low-income households do not have.