Here we go again...Apologies to those that thought heatwave season was over. Unfortunately, most of England is expected to hit temperatures over 30 degrees centigrade, with some areas reaching temperatures hotter than the current weather in the Greek islands of Mykonos, Rhodes and Santorini.
Good, great.
Current warnings are in place from yesterday, August 3rd, until Wednesday August 5th. These have been issued by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) in partnership with the Met Office. Heat health alerts are issued between June and the end of September every year.
Which areas have a heat health warning?
Currently, amber heat health alerts have been issued for the East Midlands, East of England, South East and London. Yellow heat health alerts issued for North West, South West, West Midlands and Yorkshire and The Humber.
What is a heat health warning?
According to the UKHSA: “The Weather health alerting system is provided by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) in partnership with the Met Office. It’s intended to provide early warning to the health and social care sector, the responder community, the voluntary and community sector and government departments when adverse temperatures are likely to impact on the health and wellbeing of the population.
“The Weather health alerting system is made up of the Heat-Health Alerts (HHA) and Cold-Health Alerts (CHA). The Weather health alerting system underpins the Adverse Weather and Health Plan.”
Those in Amber warnings areas are urged that they may experience significant impacts, particularly in health and social care such as:
A rise in deaths, particularly among those aged 65 and over or with health conditions.There may also be impacts on younger age groupsLikely increased demand on all health and social care servicesInternal temperatures in care settings (hospitals and care homes) may exceed the recommended threshold for clinical risk assessmentThe heat affecting the ability of the workforce to deliver servicesIndoor environments overheating increasing the risk to vulnerable people living independently in community and care settingsIssues managing medicinesStaffing issues due to external factors (for example, affecting transport)Stay cool and in the shade this week!
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