Winter news and guidance

NHS England’s winter news, advice from Clinical Directors and blogs can be found here.

It is important the public know what they need to do to keep well and advice on how to keep well and where to get expert advice will be given throughout the winter and can be found on NHS Choices.

Winter health check – 6 March 2015

This summary offers an overview of the system and pulls together information on waiting times in A&E, ambulance response times, daily situation reports from the NHS, and information on flu rates. Winter health check –  6 March 2015 (document is available on our archived website).

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Winter health check – 27 February 2015

This summary offers an overview of the system and pulls together information on waiting times in A&E, ambulance response times, daily situation reports from the NHS, and information on flu rates. Winter health check – 27 February 2015 (document is available in our archived website).

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Winter health check – 20 February 2015

This summary offers an overview of the system and pulls together information on waiting times in A&E, ambulance response times, daily situation reports from the NHS, and information on flu rates. Winter health check – 20 February 2015 (document is available on our archived website).

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Cold weather alert

Current alert level: Level 1 – Winter preparedness and action Issued at: 0835 on Sun 8 Feb 2015 Temperatures/weather conditions are not expected to exceed Cold Weather Alert threshold criteria in any region from 08/02/2015 09:00:00 until further notice. More details about the weather alert is available on the MET Office website.

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Winter health check – 6 February 2015

This summary offers an overview of the system and pulls together information on waiting times in A&E, ambulance response times, daily situation reports from the NHS, and information on flu rates. Winter health check – 6 February 2015 (document available on our archived website)

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Cold weather alert

Issued at: 0827 on Fri 06 Feb 2015 There is a 70% probability of severe cold weather/icy conditions/heavy snow between 0900 on Friday 06 Feb and 0900 on Sunday 08 Feb in parts of England. This weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. More details about the weather […]

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Cold weather alert

Issued at: 0829 on Wed 4 Feb 2015 There is a 90% probability of severe cold weather/icy conditions between 0800 on Wednesday 4 Feb and 0900 on Sunday 8 Feb in parts of England. This weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. More details about the weather alert […]

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Cold weather alert

Issued at: 0832 on Tue 3 Feb 2015 There is a 90% probability of severe cold weather/icy conditions/heavy snow between 0900 on Tuesday and 0600 on Monday in parts of England. This weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. More details about the weather alert is available […]

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Cold weather alert

Issued at: 0855 on Mon 2 Feb 2015 There is a 90% probability of severe cold weather/icy conditions/heavy snow between 0900 on Monday and 0500 on Sunday in parts of England. This weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. More details about the weather alert is available […]

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