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The Adverse Weather and Health Plan aims to protect individuals and communities from the health effects of adverse weather and to build community resilience.
Specialist guidance on the management (including infection control) of patients with viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF).
Executive summary This document provides guidance on the risk assessment…
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is a Category 1 Responder (Civil Contingencies Act 2004), and provides specialist advice and support to the emergency services and NHS.
Guidance for the public health management of avian influenza incidents, and sporadic human cases and their contacts.
Recognise and respond to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) incidents: guidance for healthcare professionals.
Information on how to stay safe in hot weather, including how to keep your home cool.
Information on aluminium for use in responding to chemical incidents.
Building a resilient and responsive organisation ready for health security threats.
Information on asbestos, for use in responding to chemical incidents.
UK government’s approach to research funding for new, emerging and escalating infectious disease threats.
Designed to help manage the recovery phase of a chemical incident where contamination has affected food production systems, inhabited areas and water environments.
Information on nitric acid (also known as hydrogen nitrate), for responding to chemical incidents.
Principles of radiation protection and a framework for managing a radiation emergency during preparedness, response and recovery.
Information on ammonia (also known as hydrogen nitride), for use in responding to chemical incidents.
Information about mercury, for use in responding to chemical incidents.
Information on lead, for use in responding to chemical incidents.
A study to help Public Health England (PHE) understand the impact of flooding on health and wellbeing.
This page summarises Chapter 10 of the Health Effects of Climate Change (HECC) report with a focus on the impact of heat on wildfires and health. This is part of the science and stats section for the hazard: heat.
Guidance on acetic acid (also known as ethanoic acid) for use in responding to chemical incidents.
Information on methane, for use in responding to chemical incidents.
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