Issued at 9.10am on Wednesday 10 January 2018 There is a 90 per cent probability of severe cold weather between 9.00am on Wednesday 10 January and 9.00am on Friday 12 January in parts of England. This weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. Find out more about […]

Issued at 8:49am on Monday 8 January 2018 There is a high probability of severe cold weather/icy conditions/heavy snow between 9.00am on Monday 8 January and 6.00am on Friday 12 January in parts of England. This weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. Find out more about staying […]

Issued at 8:24am on Friday 5 January 2018 There is a 90 per cent probability of severe cold weather between 12.00am on Saturday 6 January and 6.00pm on Tuesday 9 January in parts of England. This weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. Find out more about […]

Issued at 09:25am on Thursday 04 January 2018 There is a 80% probability of severe cold weather between 00.00am on Saturday 06 January and 00.00am on Tuesday 09 January in parts of England. This weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. Find out more about staying well this […]

The National Emergency Pressures Panel (NEPP) met for the second time today chaired by Professor Sir Bruce Keogh. The panel noted that the NHS has been under sustained pressure over the Christmas period with high levels of respiratory illness, bed occupancy levels giving limited capacity to deal with demand surges, early indications of increasing flu […]

Issued at 09:30am on Wednesday 27 December 2017 There is a 90% probability of severe cold weather/icy conditions/heavy snow between 0800 on Wednesday 27 Dec and 0900 on Saturday 30 Dec in parts of England. This weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. This weather could increase […]

Issued at 09:02am on Monday 25 December 2017 There is an 80% probability of severe cold weather/icy conditions/heavy snow between 1500 on Tuesday 26 December and 0900 on Saturday 30 December in parts of England. This weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. Find out more about […]

Issued at 11:57am on Tuesday 19 December 2017 Temperatures/weather conditions are not expected to exceed Cold Weather Alert threshold criteria in any region from 19 December 2017 12:00 until further notice. Cold weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. Find out more about staying well this winter. […]

The Chief Nursing Officer for England has today issued a new winter framework that will help nursing staff to ensure patients do not spend any time longer than they need to in hospital, particularly over the busy winter period. The framework has a particular emphasis on maximising the use of care homes across Sustainability and […]

A sickness surveillance system will help the NHS plan for surges in demand this winter by tracking outbreaks of norovirus, which causes vomiting and diarrhoea, and other illness around the country. Data gathered by Public Health England will be used by NHS England operational monitoring teams to study winter trends and to help give early […]