David Higgs: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Deputy chief medical officer, University hospital Southampton NHS foundation trust
- Quoted on
- Elderly care & frailty
- Tracked press citations
- 1
- Most recently quoted
- 29 Sept 2026
“Southampton general came "very close to collapse" during the June heatwave, which was "in many ways almost worse than Covid"”
Where David Higgs has been quoted
- ‘Why was Mum in clothes you could wear in the winter?’: family seeks answers after care home heatstroke deaththeguardian.com · 29 Sept 2026
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