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There is no law for a minimum or maximum temperature, but during working hours the temperature in all workplaces inside buildings must be reasonable
This Heat-Health Alert action card summarises the suggested actions that providers of health or social care should consider at each Heat-Health Alert level.
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 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.
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 page advises those working with children 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.
Advice for people who have come into contact with someone who has the Marburg virus.
Advice for people who have come into direct contact with someone who has the Marburg virus disease.
Advice for people who have come into contact with someone who has the Ebola virus, or material contaminated with a virus that causes Ebola disease.
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