Cold Weather Alert CONTINUES extension
From 7 -11 February
A Cold Weather YELLOW (response) alert has been issued by UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the Met Office.
This has been CONTINUED to extend from 7-11 February.
‘This is an important stage for social and healthcare services who will be working to ensure action to reduce harm from cold temperatures particularly in high-risk groups.’
As you may recall weather alerts have been updated and a yellow weather alert means that:
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- We may see a rise in deaths among those aged 65 and over or with health conditions
- An increased demand in health services
- Temperatures in hospitals, care homes and clinics may have temperatures dropping below recommended levels for assessing health risks
- Challenges keeping indoor temperatures at recommended 18°C for vulnerable people
- Staff travel delays and other sectors being impacted (transport and energy)
Cold weather guidance can be found here:
- Care homes and other residential settings
- Services delivering care to people in their homes
- Helping to prevent winter deaths and illnesses associated with cold homes: A quick guide for home care managers helps identify those who are at risk and Helping people living in cold homes: e-learning for frontline practitioners on their local services for practitioners doing home visits.
- Cold weather and health: guidance and advice – this information helps to prevent the major avoidable effects of cold weather on health
- Cold weather and health: supporting vulnerable people – this information aims to assist healthcare professionals in protecting vulnerable people from the health impacts of cold weather
Please do not hesitate to email us at [email protected] should you have any further questions on the weather alert.*unsplash