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NHS England survey finds 45% of adults in England are not confident they could recognise heart attack signs, and 36% would not call 999 for chest pain.
The British Red Cross reports that a heatwave in September 2023 caused 934 heat-associated deaths in England in just 11 days, and sets out how to tell heat exhaustion from heatstroke.
Northern Ireland's Public Health Agency has brought the autumn flu and COVID-19 vaccination programmes forward to 18 September 2023 as a precaution after the BA.2.86 variant was first detected in the…
BT introduced a permanent software configuration fix and improved its process for moving to the backup system after a fault disrupted 999 calls across the UK on 25 June 2023.
Research published in the journal Heart and presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress found that the nearest 24/7 accessible defibrillator is on average a round trip of over a mile in…
NHS England has launched a campaign, with an advert running from this week, urging people to call 999 at the early signs of a heart attack, as hospital admissions return to pre-pandemic levels.
SSEN Distribution says Storm Antoni is expected to bring heavy rain and wind gusts of up to 55mph to central southern England on Saturday 5 August, clearing by 10pm.
The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings for Saturday 5 August, covering southwest England, parts of southern England, much of Wales and Northern Ireland, with up to 60mm of rain and coastal…
A failure of the National Air Traffic Services Flight Planning System in August 2023 caused significant delays and cancellations to flights to and from the UK, the Cabinet Office has said.
NHS England has announced winter preparations including care traffic control centres in every area, over 800 new ambulances, 5,000 more hospital beds and expanded respiratory hubs.
The Government has confirmed that every state-funded school in England now has a defibrillator, after a £19 million rollout delivered 20,376 devices to 17,862 schools.
The National Water Safety Forum marked World Drowning Prevention Day on 25 July 2023 by urging the public to learn its Call, Tell, Throw rescue guide and to stay out of the water when helping someone…
SSEN Distribution has put additional teams on standby after its weather model forecast wind gusts of up to 50mph from Saturday lunchtime into the early evening, with possible interruptions to power…
The Child Accident Prevention Trust reported that child bath drownings in England rose from 4 in 2019-20 to 12 in 2021-22 and urged parents to keep babies within arm's reach in water.
A University of Bristol report co-authored by the Royal Life Saving Society UK found child drownings in England rose from 20 in 2019/20 to 37 in 2021/22, with higher risk for Black children and…
Resuscitation Council UK has published a free baby and child CPR book, Aaron's Heart, to help parents and caregivers learn the basics of CPR for babies and children.
The National Fire Chiefs Council and Material Focus have launched a public safety film, Stop Battery Fires, for local authorities to share, and called for councils to join a survey on battery fires in…
SSEN Distribution has put additional teams in place ahead of forecast lightning on Saturday 8 July 2023 that could bring some interruptions to power supplies across its network area.
The National Fire Chiefs Council has issued fire safety advice on e-bikes and e-scooters after an e-bike fire in Cambridgeshire killed a mother and two children.
Joint research by CCW and Ofwat found that customers affected by an Anglian Water Boil Water Notice in July 2023 faced confusion over bottled water and were angry the cause was withheld.