Patients at thousands of hospitals and GP practices 'breathing toxic air'

More than 2,000 GP surgeries and hospitals in UK are in areas that breach WHO air pollution guidelines, study says

Hundreds of thousands of patients who visit more than 2,000 hospitals and GP practices across the UK are breathing poisonous air that breaches World Health Organization guidelines, according to a new report.

The study found that a third of GP surgeries and a quarter of hospitals - including some of the biggest children's centres - are in areas that breach limits for the most dangerous particulates: PM2.5.