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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.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 1 February 2014
• Last updated: 27 March 2025
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  1. 27 March 2025

     Added 'Flood action cards'.

  2. 27 October 2023

     Updated collection.

  3. 27 April 2023

     Added link to the Adverse Weather and Health Plan (AWHP).

  4. 20 July 2022

     Added Flooding and public mental health: assessment and management.

  5. 16 December 2015

     Added connection to 'Environmental management: flooding and coastal change'.

  6. 30 December 2014

     Added Public Health England surveillance report summaries for 2014 floods.

  7. 1 February 2014

     First published.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) first published the Adverse Weather and Health Plan (AWHP) on 27 April 2023, and releases an updated version each year.

People living through a flood

• Flooding and health: public advice
  • 13 March 2024
  • Guidance

Frontline responders

• Flooding and health: advice for frontline responders
  • 19 December 2023
  • Guidance
• Flood-health action cards
  • 27 March 2025
  • Guidance