Guidance

Keeping warm and well: staying safe in cold weather

Advice on staying well in cold weather, covering issues such as financial help, healthy lifestyle, flu vaccinations and heating.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 2 November 2012
• Last updated: 28 April 2026
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  1. 28 April 2026

     Added easy-read information in translation: Arabic, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Kutchi, Punjabi, Portuguese, Somali, Tamil and Urdu.

  2. 13 March 2024

     Added easy-read, sign-language and translated versions of advice.

  3. 11 September 2023

     Updated guidance and printed poster for 2023.

  4. 11 November 2022

     Updated guidance on keeping warm this winter.

  5. 30 October 2020

     Added updated version of the Keep Warm Keep Well (Coping with cold weather and COVID-19) leaflet.

  6. 17 October 2018

     Added updated version of The Keep Warm Keep Well booklet.

  7. 19 October 2016

     Updated for 2016 winter season.

  8. 1 October 2015

     Added 'Top tips for keeping warm and well' leaflet.

  9. 30 September 2015

     Updated for 2015 winter season.

  10. 21 October 2014

      Updated guidance.

  11. 4 November 2013

      Updated version for 2013.

  12. 23 October 2013

      Changed introduction to indicate new edition coming. Changed lead organsiation from DH to PHE.

  13. 2 November 2012

      First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Keeping warm and well: staying safe in cold weather

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Keeping warm and well: staying safe in cold weather – easy read

Ref: UKHSA publications gateway number GOV-16177

PDF, 1.57 MB, 8 pages

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Keeping warm and well: staying safe in cold weather – BSL video

Ref: UKHSA publications number GOV-16177

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMzx5IVs3qs&list=PLLDAq3SAWJh0shlcyH8DicHqnSuoAookx&index=3

Top tips for keeping warm and well this winter (print version)

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Keeping warm and well: staying safe in cold weather (poster)

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Details

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) Cold-Health Alerting (CHA) system is operated by the Met Office. The Cold-Health Alert system begins on 1 November and ends on 31 March.

Keeping warm and well: staying safe in cold weather is part of UKHSA’s Adverse Weather and Health Plan (AWHP) for cold weather advice, which aims to protect people’s health and reduce harm from adverse cold weather.