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The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the Met Office have issued an amber heat-health alert (HHA) in 8 areas of England.

The areas included within the amber alert are:

• London
• South East
• South West
• North West
• East Midlands
• West Midlands
• East of England
• Yorkshire and the Humber

The alert is at present in place from 12 midday on Tuesday 5 September to 9pm on Sunday 10 September. The Met Office has forecast temperatures exceeding 30°C. Under the new HHA system launched by UKHSA and the Met Office, an amber alert implies that climate impacts are prone to be felt throughout the entire well being service. At this degree, we might start to see some well being impacts throughout the broader inhabitants, and a rise in threat to well being for people aged over 65 years or these with pre-existing well being circumstances, together with respiratory and cardiovascular illnesses.

Dr Agostinho Sousa, Head of Extreme Events and Health Protection at UKHSA, stated:

Many of us will welcome the new climate for the approaching days, however it is very important take smart precautions whereas having fun with the solar and look out for many who are extra weak to the consequences of warmth.

We advise you to verify on older relations, pals, or neighbours and people with coronary heart or lung circumstances.

Staying hydrated and holding cool is essential for everybody throughout sizzling climate, whereas having fun with the solar.

Additionally, there are methods in which you’ll keep yourself and others safe during periods of hot weather, reminiscent of:

• realizing the signs of warmth exhaustion and heatstroke and what to do in the event you or another person has them
• holding out of the solar on the hottest time of the day, between 11am and 3pm
• if you will do a bodily exercise (for instance, exercising or strolling the canine), plan to do these throughout instances of the day when it’s cooler, such because the morning or night
• holding your house cool by closing home windows and curtains in rooms that face the solar
• in the event you do go exterior, cowl up with appropriate clothes, reminiscent of an applicable hat and sun shades, and search shade and apply sunscreen frequently

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6 July 2023

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the Met Office have issued a yellow heat-health alert (HHA) in 6 areas of England.

The areas included within the yellow alert are:

• London
• South East
• East Midlands
• West Midlands
• East of England
• Yorkshire and the Humber

The alert is at present in place from 12 midday on Friday 7 July to 9am on Sunday 9 July. The Met Office has forecast temperatures of 27°C to twenty-eight°C on Friday and round 30°C on Saturday. The forecasted excessive temperatures will probably be quick lived, adopted by thunderstorms, but when reached it’s doubtless that there will probably be some impacts throughout the well being and social care sector.

Under the new HHA system launched by UKHSA and the Met Office, a yellow alert implies that any impacts doubtless embody the elevated use of well being care companies by weak populations and a rise in threat to well being for people aged over 65 years or these with pre-existing well being circumstances, together with respiratory and cardiovascular illnesses.

Dr Agostinho Sousa, Head of Extreme Events and Health Protection at UKHSA, stated:

This weekend it’s essential that everybody takes smart precautions whereas having fun with the solar.

The forecasted excessive temperatures are anticipated to be quick lived, however might primarily impression these over the age of 65 or these with pre-existing well being circumstances. If you may have pals, household or neighbours who’re extra weak, it is very important verify in on them and guarantee they’re conscious of the forecasts and are following the required recommendation.

Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist, Dan Harris, stated:

Temperatures will probably be on the rise from Friday, with a plume of continental air permitting temperatures to succeed in, and maybe domestically exceed, 30°C in elements of England on Friday and Saturday. In addition, temperatures in a single day will stay excessive, particularly in cities and cities, which can make for an uncomfortably heat evening for some.

Temperatures are prone to begin to drop from the west on Saturday and extra broadly into Sunday, as showers and thunderstorms sweep north-east throughout the nation.

21 June 2023

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the Met Office have issued a yellow heat-health alert (HHA) in 7 areas of England. The alert is at present in place from 9am on Friday 23 June to 9am on Monday 26 June.

The areas included within the yellow alert are:

• London
• South East
• South West
• East Midlands
• West Midlands
• East of England
• Yorkshire and the Humber

Under the new HHA system launched by UKHSA and the Met Office, a yellow alert implies that any impacts embody the elevated use of well being care companies by weak populations and a rise in threat to well being for people over the age of 65 or these with pre-existing well being circumstances, together with respiratory and cardiovascular illnesses.

Dr Agostinho Sousa, Head of Extreme Events and Health Protection at UKHSA, stated:

This heat-health alert implies that within the coming days we’re prone to expertise one other sustained interval of sizzling climate, so it’s essential that everybody takes smart precautions whereas having fun with the solar.

Forecasted temperatures this week might primarily impression these over the age of 65 or these with pre-existing well being circumstances. If you may have pals, household or neighbours who’re extra weak, it is very important verify in on them and guarantee they’re conscious of the forecasts and are following the required recommendation.

Here are the methods in which you’ll preserve your self and others protected in periods of sizzling climate:

• verify on household, pals and neighbours who could also be at larger threat of turning into unwell, and if you’re at larger threat, ask them to do the identical for you
• know the signs of warmth exhaustion and heatstroke and what to do in the event you or another person has them
• preserve out of the direct solar on the hottest time of the day, between 11am and 3pm
• if you will do a bodily exercise (for instance, train or strolling the canine), plan to do these throughout instances of the day when it’s cooler such because the morning or night
• preserve your house cool by closing home windows and curtains in rooms that face the solar
• in the event you do go exterior, cowl up with appropriate clothes reminiscent of an applicable hat and sun shades, search shade and apply sunscreen frequently
• drink loads of fluids and restrict your alcohol consumption

16 June 2023

As of Friday 16 June, the yellow heat-health alert in place throughout England will now finish at 9am on Saturday 17 June following a threat evaluation between the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the Met Office. The alert had beforehand been issued till 9am on Monday 19 June.

13 June 2023

As of Tuesday 13 June, the HHAs issued by UKHSA have been prolonged till 9am on Monday 19 June.

All areas of England have been positioned below a yellow alert for this era. Five areas have been beforehand below an amber alert from Friday 9 June till 9am this morning and have been de-escalated to yellow.

Under the new HHA system launched by UKHSA and the Met Office, a yellow alert implies that any impacts embody the elevated use of well being care companies by weak populations and a rise in threat to well being for people over the age of 65 or these with pre-existing well being circumstances, together with respiratory and cardiovascular illnesses.

9 June 2023

As of Friday 9 June, the Heat-Health Alerts issued by the UK Health Security Agency have been prolonged till 9am on Tuesday 13 June. Five areas of England are below an amber alert, whereas an additional 4 are at present below a yellow alert.

8 June 2023

The yellow alert issued yesterday by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the Met Office has been escalated to an amber alert in 5 areas:

• West Midlands
• East Midlands
• East of England
• South East
• South West

The resolution to maneuver to an amber alert has been made because of newest Met Office forecasts, which point out there’s a excessive chance that forecasted temperatures will probably be reached quickly over the weekend in these areas, whereas we’re additionally prone to see excessive in a single day temperatures. An amber alert signifies that climate impacts are prone to be felt throughout the entire well being service, and at this degree we might start to see some well being impacts throughout the broader inhabitants, not simply probably the most weak.

As of immediately, a yellow alert has additionally been issued within the North East, North West and Yorkshire and Humber areas of England. London stays at this degree. Both alerts stay in place from 9am on Friday 9 June to 9am on Monday 12 June.

The Met Office has additionally issued a yellow alert for thunderstorms in a number of regions from 2pm to 9pm on Saturday.

7 June 2023

First Heat-Health Alert of the yr issued by UKHSA and the Met Office

The UK Health Security Agency and the Met Office have issued the primary heat-health alert of the yr, in 6 areas of England.

The areas included within the yellow alert are:

• London
• East Midlands
• West Midlands
• East of England
• South East
• South West

The alert is at present in place from 9am on Friday 9 June to 9am on Monday 12 June, and if present forecasted temperatures are reached it’s doubtless that there could possibly be some impacts throughout the well being and social care sector.

Under the new HHA system launched by UKHSA and the Met Office, a yellow alert implies that any impacts embody the elevated use of well being care companies by weak populations and a rise in threat to well being for people over the age of 65 or these with pre-existing well being circumstances, together with respiratory and cardiovascular illnesses. There can also be the potential for indoor environments, together with well being and care settings, to develop into very heat.

Dr Agostinho Sousa, Head of Extreme Events and Health Protection at UKHSA, stated:

In the approaching days we’re prone to expertise our first sustained interval of sizzling climate of the yr up to now, so it’s essential that everybody ensures they preserve hydrated and funky whereas having fun with the solar.

Forecasted temperatures this week will primarily impression these over the age of 65 or these with pre-existing well being circumstances reminiscent of respiratory and cardiovascular illnesses.

If you may have pals, household or neighbours who you recognize are extra weak to the consequences of sizzling climate, it will be significant you verify in on them and guarantee they’re conscious of the forecasts and are following the required recommendation.

Here are the methods in which you’ll preserve your self and others protected in periods of sizzling climate:

• verify on household, pals and neighbours who could also be at larger threat of turning into unwell, and if you’re at larger threat, ask them to do the identical for you
• know the signs of warmth exhaustion and heatstroke and what to do in the event you or another person has them
• preserve out of the solar on the hottest time of the day, between 11am and 3pm
• if you will do a bodily exercise (for instance, train or strolling the canine), plan to do these throughout instances of the day when it’s cooler such because the morning or night
• preserve your house cool by closing home windows and curtains in rooms that face the solar
• in the event you do go exterior, cowl up with appropriate clothes reminiscent of an applicable hat and sun shades, search shade and apply sunscreen frequently
• drink loads of fluids and restrict your alcohol consumption

Dan Harris, Deputy Chief Meteorologist on the Met Office, stated:

Temperatures will rise later this week and into the weekend, with a plume of heat air being drawn in from the south. Temperatures over the weekend might peak round 30°C in some elements of England and stay effectively above common in a single day by the weekend.

Coupled with the rise in temperatures is a rise within the chance of some probably heavy and thundery showers, which might convey some localised disruption for some from late on Friday and into the weekend, although it’s not doable to be definitive about actual particulars this removed from the potential occasion.

Further data

As a part of the launch of the Adverse Weather and Health Plan, UKHSA has up to date its guidance on staying safe in hot weather.

At the beginning of June, our new HHA system in partnership with the Met Office went stay. Stay throughout the alerts that have been issued in your region.

Read the UKHSA weblog put up on staying safe during periods of extreme weather.

For extra data on the common signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heatstroke, go to NHS.UK.

The Met Office has revealed advice on how to plan for the heat.