Rising temperatures have led to a surge in people seeking heat exhaustion advice from the NHS website this week – with visits peaking at one every eight seconds on Thursday. Figures released by NHS England, which runs the NHS website, show there were 32,130 visits to the health advice page on heat exhaustion and heatstroke […]
Visits to the heat exhaustion section of the NHS website have more than tripled in the past week – averaging one visit every six seconds. Figures released by NHS England, which runs the NHS website, show there were 109,096 visits to the health advice page on heat exhaustion and heatstroke in the last seven days […]
The most senior doctor in the NHS has asked the public to use its services wisely and play their part over the coming days by being sensible in the hot weather as a three-day junior doctor walkout is set to begin. NHS medical director Professor Sir Stephen Powis said: “The NHS is facing significant disruption […]
The number of hay fever sufferers seeking advice from the NHS website has more than tripled – reaching 122,650 visits last week. Analysis by NHS England, which runs the NHS website, found weekly visits to the hay fever page have increased by 252% in the past five weeks from 34,878 visits during the first week of […]
Issued at 8.01am on Tuesday 16 August 2022 Temperatures are not expected to reach heatwave threshold values until further notice. Hot weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients. Find out more about how to cope in hot weather. You can find the government Heatwave plan for England here. More details about the weather […]
Issued at 9:11 am on Friday 12 August 2022 There is a 90% probability of heat-health alert criteria being met between 9am on Friday 12 August and 9am on Tuesday 16 August in parts of England. Hot weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients. Find out more about how to cope in hot […]
Issued at 9:30 am on Tuesday 9 August 2022 There is a 90 % probability of Heat-Health Alert criteria being met between 1200 on Tuesday 09 Aug and 2100359 on Sunday 14 Aug in parts of England. Hot weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients. Find out more about how to cope in […]
Issued at 8:14am on Monday 8 August 2022 There is a 90% probability of heat-health alert criteria being met between midday on Tuesday 9 August and 6pm on Saturday 13 August in parts of England. Hot weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients. Find out more about how to cope in hot weather. […]
Issued at 9:02am on Friday 4 August 2022 There is a 60% probability of heat-health alert criteria being met between midday on Tuesday 9 August and 9am on Friday 12 August in parts of England. Hot weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients. Find out more about how to cope in hot weather. […]
Issued at 6am on Thursday 4 August 2022 Temperatures are not expected to reach heatwave threshold values until further notice. Hot weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients. Find out more about how to cope in hot weather. You can find the government Heatwave plan for England here. More details about the weather […]