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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.
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.
Annual and monthly publications on weather trends used for context for a variety of energy publications.
Information and guidance for range of professionals on how to protect population groups most at risk from the health impacts of cold weather.
This guidance is for healthcare professionals working in community, care home or hospital environments, including those working in managerial and in patient-facing roles.
Cold Weather Payment - what you'll get, eligibility and how to find out if your area is due a payment.
This guidance is for managers working in the social care sector on how to reduce the risks of cold weather to the health and wellbeing of care recipients.
Estimated number of eligible recipients, and triggers for Cold Weather Payments made in Great Britain between 1 November and 31 January 2020.
The Met Office is the UK’s national meteorological service. We provide weather and climate-related services to the government, businesses, emergency responders and the public. Met Office is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology ,...
Estimated number of eligible recipients, and triggers for Cold Weather Payments made in Great Britain between 1 November 2021 and 28 January 2022. The weekly and monthly estimated payments will include new breakdowns for England, Scotland and Wales, in addition...
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