Seasonal Preparedness - Summer & Winter
Summer Preparedness
Top tips for keeping cool.... Keep an eye on the weather forecast. Shut doors and windows when the temperature outside is hotter. Close blinds and curtains to keep out the sun. Avoid the heat - by staying out of the sun between 11am and 3pm...
Winter Preparedness
Cold and snow Winter weather can bring extreme cold, freezing rain, snow, ice and high winds. Cold and snow create a higher risk of car accidents, hypothermia, carbon monoxide poisoning/utility failure and heart attacks from overexertion...
Winter Health Advice
Flu, COVID, Winter vomiting bugs and respiratory (breathing) illnesses In what some national hospital bosses are calling a ‘quademic,’ NHS services are dealing with challenges on four fronts this winter – from rapidly increasing levels of flu, COVID, winter v..
The UKHSA Weather Health Alert System
The Winter Health alerting system provides an early warning when adverse temperatures are likely to impact on the health and wellbeing of the population. The Weather health alerting system is provided by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) in partnership with the Met Office...
