The UK Is Suffering From ‘Mass Sleep Deprivation’ — What Is Causing It?

Sleep disruption during extreme heat is no longer an occasional inconvenience confined to one unusually warm night. The problem develops when homes, bodies and daily routines receive too little opportunity to recover.

The phrase describing the situation is dramatic, but it comes from a specific survey rather than a medical diagnosis. Its findings reveal why the effects continued beyond the event that initially attracted attention.