The UK National Health Service, which brings together a number of public health organizations, said that “many people may have to choose between not eating, heating their homes or living in cold and damp”, commenting on rising energy prices. .

According to Agence France-Presse, electricity prices are expected to rise significantly in the coming weeks, with household electricity prices more than tripling in one year, next January.

Inflation in the UK in July reached 10.1 percent year on year, a record high in 40 years. According to the Bank of England, price growth in October may exceed 13%.

The head of the National Health Service, Matthew Taylor, indicated that “the country is going through a humanitarian crisis”, noting that the situation “could cause waves of disease in the country” with particular consequences in terms of child mortality, stressing that “if the government does not act urgently, this situation cause a public health crisis.”