Collection

Cold weather and health

Cold weather presents a number of risks to health. Information and guidance has been produced to help professionals and the public understand the risks and take action to protect health.

• From: UK Health Security Agency and Centre for Climate and Health Security
• Published: 24 September 2025

Guidance for the public

Guidance for the general public on how to stay safe and protect their health during cold weather events.

• Keeping warm and well: staying safe in cold weather
  • 28 April 2026
  • Guidance

Planning and responding

Resources for those working to protect people from the health harms of cold weather.

• Adverse Weather and Health Plan
  • 22 April 2026
  • Guidance
• Adverse weather health plan equity review and impact assessment
  • 21 March 2024
  • Impact assessment
• Cold-Health Alerting system and action cards
  • 24 September 2025
  • Collection
• Early warning and weather forecasts
  • 19 December 2024
  • Guidance
• Supporting vulnerable people before and during cold weather
  • 24 September 2025
  • Collection
• Warm spaces in England: an evidence review and toolkit for local organisations
  • 23 November 2023
  • HTML Publication

Science and statistics

The science underpinning the guidance and resources on cold, including cold-specific insights from scientific and statistical reports.

• Health Effects of Climate Change (HECC) report: cold
  • 24 September 2025
  • Guidance