Sheffield heatwave: Free ice creams for staff working at NHS Trusts in Sheffield as temperatures soar

Staff working at Sheffield NHS trusts have been treated to free ice-creams, as the city bakes in record-breaking temperatures.
By Sarah Marshall
Published 19th Jul 2022, 09:26 BST
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Posting on Facebook yesterday (Monday, July 18), a spokesperson for Sheffield Children's Hospital NHS and Charity said the Trust had ‘worked with local ice cream vans to provide a free ice cream to many of our colleagues today’.

They continued: “Thank you to everyone for all you're doing in this heat.”

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The Trust posted pictures of happy staff claiming their free treat from an ice cream van parked outside the entrance to Weston Park.

The Trust posted pictures of happy staff claiming their free treat from an ice cream van parked outside the entrance to Weston Park. Picture: Sheffield Children's Hospital NHS Trust and CharityThe Trust posted pictures of happy staff claiming their free treat from an ice cream van parked outside the entrance to Weston Park. Picture: Sheffield Children's Hospital NHS Trust and Charity
The Trust posted pictures of happy staff claiming their free treat from an ice cream van parked outside the entrance to Weston Park. Picture: Sheffield Children's Hospital NHS Trust and Charity

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Sheffield Health and Social Care (SHSC) NHS Foundation Trust also said they were giving out hundreds of ‘cooling ice creams’ to staff and service users at SHSC in a bid to ‘handle the soaring temperatures this week’, in a post on their website.

Yesterday was Sheffield’s warmest day since records began in 1882, with a temperature of 35.9°C.

The heatwave is expected to continue today with temperatures of up to 39°C predicted.

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