Issued at 8:25am on Thursday 7 December 2017 There is a 90 per cent probability of severe cold weather/icy conditions/heavy snow between 8.00am on Thursday 7 December and 6.00am on Wednesday 13 December in parts of England. Cold weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. Find out […]

Issued at 8:29am on Wednesday 6 December 2017 There is a 90 per cent probability of severe cold weather/icy conditions/heavy snow between 9.00am on Thursday 7 December and 8.00am on Tuesday 12 December in parts of England. Cold weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. Find out […]

Issued at 9:03am on Monday 4 December 2017 There is an 70 per cent probability of severe cold weather/icy conditions/heavy snow between 8.00am on Thursday 7 December and 8.00am on Sunday 10 December parts of England. Cold weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. Find out more about […]

Issued at 9.00am Saturday 2 December 2017 Temperatures or weather conditions are not expected to exceed Cold Weather Alert threshold criteria in any region from 9.00am Saturday 2 December 2017 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 […]

Issued at: 8:40am on Monday 27 November 2017 There is a 90% probability of severe cold weather/icy conditions between 9am on Wednesday 29 November and 9am on Saturday 2 December in parts of England. This weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. Please refer to the national […]

With less than a month until Christmas, the NHS today appealed to parents to take up the free flu vaccination for children to curb infection over the holiday season when family get-togethers spread the infection, putting grandparents and other vulnerable relatives at risk. Health officials say that without the flu vaccination children are more likely […]

Issued at 8:46am on Monday 27 November 2017 There is an 80 per cent probability of severe cold weather/icy conditions between 9.00am on Monday 27 November and 9.00am on Saturday 2 December in parts of England. Cold weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. Find out more about […]

Issued at: 9:04am on Friday 24 November 2017 There is a 70% probability of severe cold weather/icy conditions between midnight on Saturday 25 and 9pm on Sunday 26 November in parts of England. This weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. Please refer to the national Cold […]

NHS England, Public Health England, the Department of Health and NHS Improvement have today unveiled measures to boost the uptake of flu vaccinations along with package of new contingency actions to respond to pressures on frontline services this winter. Intensified preparations include: Providing free flu vaccines for hundreds of thousands of care home staff at […]

Temperatures/weather conditions are not expected to exceed Cold Weather Alert threshold criteria in any region from 9am on 3 March 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. More details about the weather alert are available […]