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The UK Health Security Agency has published an updated Heat-Health Alert action card for the voluntary and community sector in England, reflecting the new impact-based warning system developed…
The UK Health Security Agency updated its public guidance on the health effects of drought on 13 November 2024, revising the heat health information within it and pointing readers to the Adverse…
The UK recorded its hottest day of the year so far on Tuesday 30 July 2024, with yellow heat health alerts in place for millions of people until Friday and NHS heat advice views rising sharply.
Visits to the NHS website's heat exhaustion advice page rose 169% over 29 and 30 July compared with the previous weekend, peaking at 11,986 visits on Tuesday as yellow heat health alerts covered…
The Met Office has issued a Yellow weather warning with temperatures in London expected to reach 32 degrees this week, and London Ambulance Service has asked the public to take care in the heat.
Research released by the National Water Safety Forum links higher UK air temperatures to sharp rises in accidental drowning, with a fivefold increase in risk on days averaging 25°C or above.
Junior doctors in England began five days of strike action at 7am on 27 June, running until 7am on 2 July, as yellow heat health alerts cover most of the country.
East Midlands Ambulance Service has advised residents and holidaymakers to take steps to stay healthy after the Met Office issued a Yellow heat alert for the East Midlands in late June 2024.
A yellow heat health alert covering most of England came into force on Monday 24 June 2024, and NHS England reports that visits to its heat exhaustion advice more than doubled over the following 48…
The National Fire Chiefs Council has issued public safety advice on preventing outdoor fires and drownings as warmer weather is forecast for the UK in the coming week.
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service has warned of an elevated wildfire risk across its area over the coming days, with heathlands, fields and cliffsides most at risk.
Heat-Health Alerts and Heat-Health Planners have been issued by the UK Health Security Agency in collaboration with the Met Office since 1 June 2024, within a core alerting season running to 30…
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service issued an extreme wildfire warning for Inverness-shire and large parts of northern Scotland for Saturday 11 May, with much of the rest of Scotland at very high…
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service has issued its first Amber wildfire alert of 2024 for the coming weekend, warning that fires could spread quickly and easily in dry conditions.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has placed north-west Scotland at extreme wildfire risk, and the rest of Scotland at very high risk, for Friday 3 and Saturday 4 May 2024.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has issued a wildfire warning identifying a very high risk for the South and West of Scotland on 24 and 25 April 2024.
The Local Government Association has responded to a Met Office Red Heat Alert during a heatwave, setting out councils' role in leading local communication during extreme weather.
The UK Health Security Agency has added pregnant women to the groups at higher risk of ill health from heat in its Beat the heat public guidance, which applies to England.
Visits to the NHS heat exhaustion and heatstroke advice page rose 552% in the first week of September 2023 as an amber heat health alert covered most of England until 9pm on Sunday 10 September.
The UK Health Security Agency issued an Amber Heat Health Alert for most of England as the Met Office forecast heatwave conditions and temperatures up to 33°C into the weekend of 9 and 10 September…