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Extreme heat presents a number of risks to health. This guidance helps professionals and the public address those risks.
Dear colleague letter introducing the Heatwave Plan for England 2011 and associated documents.
Reports on the surveillance of excess mortality during periods of heatwave.
Explores the health and social impacts of heat waves, the vulnerability of social groups and ways society could improve its response to extreme heat.
Report summarising health indicators monitored by Public Health England, published following heatwave events.
Older adults and those with health conditions are at risk of mortality during heatwaves. The research explores the experience of those who care for them.
The hottest day ever recorded in the UK occurred in 2019. We look at how the warm summers has impacted on the number of deaths.
The Plan, developed by scientists and public health experts, brings together and improves existing guidance on weather and health.
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