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The 2023 Health Effects of Climate Change (HECC) report provides an analysis of how climate change makes extreme weather events such as cold, more intense and variable.
This guidance is for healthcare professionals working in community, care home or hospital environments, including those working in managerial and in patient-facing roles.
This guidance is for those providing services and support to people sleeping rough, including local authority teams and non-governmental organisations such as those providing temporary accommodation or street-based support.
This guidance has been produced in collaboration with the Department for Education (DfE) for those who work in, or manage, schools or early years settings.
This slide deck raises awareness of the health impacts of cold weather so that organisations with responsibility for protecting health can take action.
This Cold-Health Alert (CHA) action card details the suggested actions that providers of health or social care should consider to prepare for and respond to each type of CHA.
This action card provides guidance on the actions that commissioners of health and social care services can take to prepare for and respond to each type of CHA.
The Cold-Health Alerting system provides suggested actions to protect health and reduce cold-related harms.
This Cold-Health Alert (CHA) action card summarises the suggested actions that voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations should consider to prepare for and respond to each type of CHA.
Guidance for people with symptoms of a respiratory infection including COVID-19, or a positive test result for COVID-19.
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