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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.
There is no law for a minimum or maximum temperature, but during working hours the temperature in all workplaces inside buildings must be reasonable
Information and guidance for range of professionals on how to protect population groups most at risk from the health impacts of cold weather.
Cold weather presents a number of risks to health. Information and guidance has been produced to help professionals and the public understand the risks and take action to protect health.
UKHSA has issued a yellow Cold-Health Alert (CHA) for the North West and North East regions of England
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, including 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.
The 2023 Health Effects of Climate Change (HECC) report highlights how climate change intensifies and increases the frequency of extreme weather. This page provides key takeaways from the HECC report, specifically on the hazard: heat.
This page summarises Chapter 15 of the Health Effects of Climate Change (HECC) report with a focus on the impact of heat on climate change indicators. This is part of the science and stats section for the hazard: heat.
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