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This guidance provides advice for everyone on how to stay safe during hot weather, including how to keep your home cool.
This page advises those with responsibilities for people currently sleeping rough. This includes local authority teams for emergency preparedness, public health and rough sleeping, as well as non-governmental organisations, …
The Adverse Weather and Health Plan (AWHP) aims to protect individuals and communities from the health effects of adverse weather and to build community resilience.
UKHSA's role as National Focal Point for communication of public health events to the World Health Organization under International Health Regulations (2005).
This page summarises Chapter 7 of the Health Effects of Climate Change (HECC) report with a focus on the impact of heat on climate and infectious diseases. This is part of the science and stats section for the hazard: heat.
Since 2016, annual reports on the surveillance of mortality during periods of heatwave have been published.
Aims to raise awareness of the health impacts of hot weather.
This document is designed to aid decisions in managing the recovery phase of a biological incident.
These heat-specific insights and actions are tailored for health and social care providers and have been derived from the Weather-Health Alerting system. This is part of the alerts and warnings section of the hazard: heat.
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.
The Weather-Health Alerting (WHA) system provides an early warning when adverse temperatures are likely to impact on the health and wellbeing of the population.
Flood-health action cards summarise the suggested health-related actions that organisations should take to prepare for, respond to and recover from flooding.
Guidance for police and other organisations about how and when to seek NAIR assistance.
Health advice for those planning events and mass gatherings during periods of hot weather in England.
This page summarises the state of the evidence of the Health effects of Climate Change (HECC) report with a focus on the impact of heat on the state of the evidence.
This page advises healthcare professionals working within the community, care homes or hospital environments on how to reduce the risks of hot weather to the health of people they provide care for. This is part of the guidan…
This page advises social care managers on how to reduce the risks of hot weather to the health of people they provide care for. This is part of the guidance for the hazard: heat.
This Adverse Weather and Health Plan (AWHP) equity review and impact assessment reviews existing evidence of the risks posed by adverse weather to different populations. It outlines next steps to improve understanding of the…
This page summarises Chapter 5 of the Health Effects of Climate Change (HECC) report with a focus on the impact of heat on climate policies and indoor health. This is part of the science and stats section for the hazard: hea…
This handbook (NRPB-W7) is a technical guide for radiation specialists participating in NAIR.
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