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Flooding: health guidance and advice

Flooding presents a number of risks to health. This guidance helps professionals and the public address those risks and clean up safely.

Published 1 February 2014
Last updated 16 December 2015 — see all updates

• From: Public Health England

This guidance is for members of the public, home owners and frontline responders.

People living through a flood

1. Flooding: planning, managing and recovering from a flood

   • 6 February 2015
   • Guidance

2. Flooding health advice: mental health following floods

   • 1 February 2014
   • Guidance

3. Floods: how to clean up your home safely

   • 1 February 2014
   • Guidance

4. Flooding: questions and answers about health

   • 1 February 2014
   • Guidance

Frontline responders

1. Recovering from flooding: information for frontline responders

   • 1 February 2014
   • Guidance

2. Flooding and mental health: essential information for frontline responders

   • 1 February 2014
   • Guidance

Flooding and health surveillance

1. 2014 floods: surveillance reports

   • 28 February 2014
   • Guidance

2. Flooding: protocol for establishing health registers

   • 1 October 2014
   • Guidance

3. Flooding: surveillance of health effects

   • 1 August 2014
   • Research and analysis

Published 1 February 2014
Last updated 16 December 2015 + show all updates

1. 16 December 2015 Added connection to 'Environmental management: flooding and coastal change'.
2. 30 December 2014 Added Public Health England surveillance report summaries for 2014 floods.
3. 1 February 2014 First published.