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Weekly visits to NHS website’s hay fever advice reach 122,000 as pollen levels rise
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 […]
Heat-Health Alert Level 1 – Summer preparedness
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 […]
Heat-health watch alert: level 3 – heatwave action
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 […]
Heat-health watch alert: Level 3 – Heatwave action
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 […]
Heat-health watch alert: Level 3 – Heatwave action
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. […]
Heat-health watch alert: level 2 – alert and readiness
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. […]
Heat-Health Alert Level 1 – Summer preparedness
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 […]
Heat-health watch alert: level 2 – alert and readiness
Issued at 8:18am on Monday 1 August 2022 There is a 60% probability of heat-health alert criteria being met between 9am on Tuesday 2 August and 9am on Thursday 4 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. […]
Heat-Health Alert Level 1 – Summer preparedness
Issued on Monday, July 25, 2022 8:49am 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 alert […]
Heat-health watch alert: level 2 – alert and readiness
Issued at 9.17am on Thursday 21 July 2022 There is a 60% probability of Heat-Health Alert criteria being met between 9am on Thursday and 9am on Monday in parts of England. Hot weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients. Find out more about how to cope in hot weather. More details about the […]