Holly Shiels was part of a panel discussion on the impact of Climate Change on Health with a specific focus on Heat Waves. Holly was joined by colleagues in Public Health and Epidemiology, as well as strategists from the NHS trust and Manchester city council to understand how prepared we are for the rise in the frequency and duration of thermal stress events. A link to useful information on Heat Waves the environment’s effect of human health can be found here. The panel discussion can be found here. And please contact [email protected] or follow this link if you would like to get more involved the work the Manchester Environmental Research Institute is doing on The Environment’s Effects on Health.