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Tag Archives: Thermoregulation
Heatwave Plan for England (PHE / BBC News)
Summary The Heatwave Plan for England, created with the aim of protecting vulnerable individuals from heat-related harm, may be of enduring interest during this extraordinary Summer. Full Text Link Reference Heatwave Plan for England. [Online]: Public Health England; Department of … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, NHS Improvement, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Accountable Officers of CCGs, At-Risk Groups, Avoidable Effects on Health During Severe Heat in England, Avoidable Harm, BBC Health News, BBC Reality Check: Excess Mortality Linked to Hot Weather, BBC Science News, Beat the Heat Leaflet, Beat the Heat Poster, Beat The Heat: Keep Care Home Residents Safe And Well Checklist, Beat the Heat: Keep Cool at Home Checklist, Care Quality Commission, Civil Contingencies Secretariat, Committee on Climate Change, DCLG Resilience and Emergencies Division and Local Resilience Forums, Dehydration, Directors of Adult Social Services, Directors of Children Social Services, Directors of Housing and Planning, Effects on Health of Severe Heat, Environmental Audit Committee, Extra Deaths Linked to Hot Weather: BBC Reality Check, GPs, Health Issues Related to Heatwaves, Healthwatch England, Heat Cramps, Heat Exhaustion, Heat Health Advice During Ramadan, Heat Oedema, Heat Syncope, Heat-Related Illnesses, Heatstroke, Heatwave Advice and Mass Gatherings, Heatwave Alert Service (aka Heat-Health Watch), Heatwave and Insect Bites, Heatwave and Summer Preparedness, Heatwave Plan for England 2018, Heatwave Plan for England: Equality Analysis, Heatwave-Related Deaths in France (2019), High Temperatures: Air Quality and Health, High-Risk Groups, Historic Heatwave of 2018, Horsefly Bites, Hot Weather, House of Commons Environment Health Transport and Environmental Audit Committees, Information on Air Quality, Insect Bites, Insect Bites (Horseflies), Keep Care Home Residents Safe And Well Checklist, LA Emergency Planning Officers, Level 2 Heatwave Alert, Level 3 Heatwave Alert, Local Government Association: LGA, Local Health Resilience Partnerships, Local Health Resilience Partnerships (LHRPs), Local Resilience Forums, Looking After Children and Those in Early Years Settings During Heatwaves: Guidance for Teachers and Professionals, Loss of Electrolytes, Medications Likely to Provoke or Increase Severity of Heatstroke, Met Office Heatwave Warnings, National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), NHS England Heads of EPRR, NHS Trust and Foundation Trust Chief Executives, NHS Trust and Foundation Trust Medical Directors, NHS Trust and Foundation Trust Nursing Directors, Nitrogen Dioxide, Nursing Older People, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Older People, Ozone, Particulate Matter, PHE Heatwave Mortality Monitoring: Summer 2016, PHE Region and Centre Directors, PHE: Public Health England, Professional Bodies, Protecting Health and Reducing Harm From Severe Heat / Heatwave, Public Health England (PHE), Ramadan, Reducing Risks Before a Heatwave, Residential Care Homes, Seasonal Excess Deaths, Severe Heat, Severe Heat in England: Avoidable Effects on Health, Sulphur Dioxide, Summer Preparedness, Summer Surge Akin to Winter Pressures, Supporting Vulnerable People in a Heatwave, Thermoregulation, Threshold Temperatures, Trigger Temperatures, Typical Cascade of Heatwave Alerts, UK's Hottest Summers: Historic Heatwave of 2018 Compared, Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation, Urban Heat Islands
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2017 Heatwave Plan for England (Public Health England)
Summary Public Health England has again issued a collection of resources deigned to guide the public generally, and health and social care professionals, about how to prepare for, and prevent, the avoidable harmful effects of hot weather. Full Text Link … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, NHS Improvement, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Accountable Officers of CCGs, At-Risk Groups, Avoidable Effects on Health During Severe Heat in England, Avoidable Harm, Beat the Heat Leaflet, Beat the Heat Poster, Beat The Heat: Keep Care Home Residents Safe And Well Checklist, Beat the Heat: Keep Cool at Home Checklist, Care Quality Commission, Civil Contingencies Secretariat, DCLG Resilience and Emergencies Division and Local Resilience Forums, Dehydration, Directors of Adult Social Services, Directors of Children Social Services, Directors of Housing and Planning, Effects on Health of Severe Heat, GPs, Health Issues Related to Heatwaves, Healthwatch England, Heat Cramps, Heat Exhaustion, Heat Health Advice During Ramadan, Heat Oedema, Heat Syncope, Heat-Related Illnesses, Heatstroke, Heatwave Advice and Mass Gatherings, Heatwave Alert Service (aka Heat-Health Watch), Heatwave and Summer Preparedness, Heatwave Plan for England 2017, Heatwave Plan for England: Equality Analysis, High Temperatures: Air Quality and Health, High-Risk Groups, Hot Weather, Information on Air Quality, Keep Care Home Residents Safe And Well Checklist, LA Emergency Planning Officers, Level 2 Heatwave Alert, Level 3 Heatwave Alert, Local Government Association: LGA, Local Health Resilience Partnerships, Local Health Resilience Partnerships (LHRPs), Local Resilience Forums, Looking After Children and Those in Early Years Settings During Heatwaves: Guidance for Teachers and Professionals, Loss of Electrolytes, Medications Likely to Provoke or Increase Severity of Heatstroke, Met Office Heatwave Warnings, National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), NHS England Heads of EPRR, NHS Trust and Foundation Trust Chief Executives, NHS Trust and Foundation Trust Medical Directors, NHS Trust and Foundation Trust Nursing Directors, Nitrogen Dioxide, Nursing Older People, Older People, Ozone, Particulate Matter, PHE Region and Centre Directors, PHE: Public Health England, Professional Bodies, Protecting Health and Reducing Harm From Severe Heat / Heatwave, Public Health England (PHE), Ramadan, Reducing Risks Before a Heatwave, Residential Care Homes, Seasonal Excess Deaths, Severe Heat, Severe Heat in England: Avoidable Effects on Health, Sulphur Dioxide, Summer Preparedness, Supporting Vulnerable People in a Heatwave, Thermoregulation, Threshold Temperatures, Trigger Temperatures, Typical Cascade of Heatwave Alerts, Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation
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Heatwave Plan for England 2016 (Public Health England)
Summary Public Health England has re-issued guidance for the public, and for health and social care professionals, about how to minimise the potential harmful effects of hot weather. Most of the resources are unchanged from 2015; there is a 2016 … Continue reading →
Posted in Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, NHS Improvement, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Accountable Officers of CCGs, At-Risk Groups, Avoidable Harm, Beat the Heat Leaflet, Beat the Heat Poster, Beat the Heat: Keep Cool at Home Checklist, Care Quality Commission, Civil Contingencies Secretariat, DCLG Resilience and Emergencies Division and Local Resilience Forums, Dehydration, Directors of Adult Social Services, Directors of Children Social Services, Directors of Housing and Planning, Effects on Health of Severe Heat, GPs, Health Issues Related to Heatwaves, Healthwatch England, Heat Cramps, Heat Exhaustion, Heat Health Advice During Ramadan, Heat Oedema, Heat Syncope, Heat-Related Illnesses, Heatstroke, Heatwave Advice and Mass Gatherings, Heatwave Alert Service (aka Heat-Health Watch), Heatwave and Summer Preparedness, Heatwave Plan for England 2016, High Temperatures: Air Quality and Health, High-Risk Groups, Hot Weather, Information on Air Quality, LA Emergency Planning Officers, Level 2 Heatwave Alert, Level 3 Heatwave Alert, Local Government Association: LGA, Local Health Resilience Partnerships, Local Health Resilience Partnerships (LHRPs), Local Resilience Forums, Loss of Electrolytes, Medications Likely to Provoke or Increase Severity of Heatstroke, Met Office Heatwave Warnings, National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), NHS England Heads of EPRR, NHS Trust and Foundation Trust Chief Executives, NHS Trust and Foundation Trust Medical Directors, NHS Trust and Foundation Trust Nursing Directors, Nitrogen Dioxide, Nursing Older People, Older People, Ozone, Particulate Matter, PHE Region and Centre Directors, PHE: Public Health England, Professional Bodies, Protecting Health and Reducing Harm From Severe Heat / Heatwave, Public Health England (PHE), Ramadan, Reducing Risks Before a Heatwave, Residential Care Homes, Seasonal Excess Deaths, Severe Heat, Sulphur Dioxide, Summer Preparedness, Supporting Vulnerable People in a Heatwave, Thermoregulation, Threshold Temperatures, Trigger Temperatures, Typical Cascade of Heatwave Alerts, Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation
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Heatwave Plan for England: 2015 (Department of Health / NHS England / Public Health England / BBC News)
Summary The Heatwave Plan for England is about minimising the avoidable effects of (potential) severe heat in England on health. The plan recommends steps to reduce the risks from prolonged exposure to severe heat. It is intended for many audiences: … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged At-Risk Groups, BBC Health News, Dehydration, Effects on Health of Severe Heat, Health Issues Related to Heatwaves, Heat Cramps, Heat Exhaustion, Heat Health Advice During Ramadan, Heat Oedema, Heat Syncope, Heat-Related Illnesses, Heatstroke, Heatwave Advice and Mass Gatherings, Heatwave Alert Service (aka Heat-Health Watch), Heatwave and Summer Preparedness, Heatwave Plan for England 2015, High Temperatures: Air Quality and Health, High-Risk Groups, Hot Weather, Information on Air Quality, Level 2 Heatwave Alert, Level 3 Heatwave Alert, Local Government Association: LGA, Local Health Resilience Partnerships, Local Health Resilience Partnerships (LHRPs), Local Resilience Forums, Loss of Electrolytes, Medications Likely to Provoke or Increase Severity of Heatstroke, Met Office Heatwave Warnings, National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), Nitrogen Dioxide, Nursing Older People, Older People, Ozone, Particulate Matter, PHE: Public Health England, Protecting Health and Reducing Harm From Severe Heat / Heatwave, Public Health England (PHE), Ramadan, Reducing Risks Before a Heatwave, Residential Care Homes, Seasonal Excess Deaths, Severe Heat, Sulphur Dioxide, Summer Preparedness, Supporting Vulnerable People in a Heatwave, Thermoregulation, Threshold Temperatures, Trigger Temperatures, Typical Cascade of Heatwave Alerts, UK CCRA: UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2012, UK-AIR, Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation
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Cold Weather Plan for England 2014 (PHE)
Summary The Cold Weather Plan for England 2014 has been updated by Public Health England (PHE). In addition to the main reports / guides, there is a range of supporting quick-reference documentation, including action cards based on the plan for … Continue reading →
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Tagged Action Cards for Cold Weather Plan (2014): Commissioners (Health and Social Care), Action Cards for Cold Weather Plan (2014): Community and Care Facilities, Action Cards for Cold Weather Plan (2014): Community and Voluntary Sector, Action Cards for Cold Weather Plan (2014): Frontline Health and Social Care Staff, Action Cards for Cold Weather Plan (2014): GPs and Practice Staff, Action Cards for Cold Weather Plan (2014): Individuals, Action Cards for Cold Weather Plan (2014): Local Authorities, Action Cards for Cold Weather Plan (2014): Provider Organisations (Health and Social Care), BBC Health News, Blackpool Counter Attack, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Homes, Care of Vulnerable Adults, Circle of Risk Model for Fuel Poverty, Cold Weather, Cold Weather Alert Service, Cold Weather Alerts, Cold Weather Meteorological Services, Cold Weather Plan 2014-15, Cold Weather Plan for England 2014, Cold Weather Plan Seminar 2014, Cold Weather Plan: Levels and Actions, Cold Weather Planning, Community Services, Data Sharing for Better Health, Daytime Recommendations, DCLG: Department for Communities and Local Government, Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), Excess Seasonal Deaths, Excess Seasonal Deaths Toolkit, Excess Winter Deaths, Excess Winter Deaths and Illnesses, Excess Winter Mortality, Excess Winter Mortality in England and Wales: Trends 1953 Onwards, Extreme Events and Health Protection: Public Health England, Fair Society Healthy Lives, Falls and Fragility Fractures (FFF), FFF Population Healthcare Programme, Fuel Poverty, Harm From Cold Weather, Healthcare Public Health Team (PHE), HHSRS: Housing Health and Safety Rating System, Hospitals, Hypothermia, Identifying Vulnerable People, Impact of Cold Weather on Health, Impact of Cold Weather on Health: Falls and Injuries, Impact of Cold Weather on Health: Heart Attack, Impact of Cold Weather on Health: Hypothermia, Impact of Cold Weather on Health: Influenza, Impact of Cold Weather on Health: Respiratory Disease, Impact of Fuel Poverty on Health and Health Inequalities, Islington’s SHINE Project, Keep Warm Keep Well (Booklet), Keeping Warm in Later Life projecT (KWILLT), Kirklees NHS Predictive Risk Toolkit, LGA: Local Government Association, LIHC: Low Income High Cost, Local Government Association: LGA, LSHTM: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Making Every Contact Count (MECC), Met Office’s National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), Meteorological Matters, Minimum Home Temperature Thresholds for Health in Winter, Monitoring and Surveillance, National Adapatation Programme (NAP), National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), National Statistics, NEA National Energy ActionNEA: National Energy Action, Office of National Statistics (ONS), Official Statistics, Overnight Recommendations, PHE: Public Health England, PHOF: Public Health Outcomes Framework, PIRU: Policy Innovation Research Unit (LSHTM), Poverty, Preventable Excess Winter Deaths, Prisons, Provider Organisations, Provider Organisations (Health and Social Care), Public Health England (PHE), Public Health Outcomes Framework, Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF), Public Weather Service, Public Weather Service (PWS), PWS: Public Weather Service, Recommended Indoor Temperatures, Recommended Minimum Indoor Temperatures, RED: Resilience and Emergencies Division (DCLG), Risk Stratification, Risk Stratification Programmes, Safer & Warmer Swindon, SCG: Strategic Co-ordination Group, SDMP: Sustainable Development Management Plans, Seasonal Health and Affordable Warmth, Sir Muir Gray’s Better Value Healthcare, Strategic Planning and Commissioning, SWEP and Extended Winter Provision Engaging Rough Sleepers In Winter, Thermoregulation, Triennial Review of the Fuel Poverty Advisory Group (FPAG), Typical Cascade of Cold Weather Alerts, UCL Institute of Health Equity, UK Health Forum Fuel Poverty and Health Toolkit, Understanding the Behaviour of Households in Fuel Poverty, Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS), Vulnerable Adults, Vulnerable and Disadvantaged Groups, Vulnerable Older People, Warm Homes Healthy People Evaluation (WHHP), WHHP Fund Interventions, WHHP: Warm Homes Healthy People, Wiltshire County Council, Winter Preparedness, Winter Warmth England: Preparation for Winter
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Reducing Excess Winter Deaths and Illnesses Associated With Cold Homes: Guideline Consultation (BBC News / NICE)
Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has raised draft guidance on how to reduce deaths and illnesses among elderly people in winter. The advice also covers other groups vulnerable to the cold, including people with respiratory … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Age UK, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Advice, Advice and Information, Advice and Support, Alzheimer's Dementia and Excess Winter Mortality, Awareness Raising, BBC Health News, Benefits, Cardio-Respiratory Fitness (CRF), Cardiovascular Disease, Centre for Public Health (NICE), Cold Homes, Cold Weather Plan, Cold Weather Plan for England 2013, Cold Weather Planning, Cold-Related Illness and Death, CVD: Cardiovascular Disease, Discharge Coordination, Discharge Planning, Discharge Support, Energy Companies, English Local Authorities, Epidemiology and Statistics, Excess Winter Deaths, Excess Winter Deaths and Illnesses, Excess Winter Mortality, Excess Winter Mortality in England and Wales: 2012/13, Extreme Events Section: PHE’s Centre for Radiation Chemical and Environmental Hazards, Fuel Poverty, General Housing, Healthcare at Home, Heating, Home Adaptations, Home Environment, Hospital Discharge, Housing Adaptations, Housing and Ageing, Housing and Public Health, Housing for Older People, Housing in Later Life, Housing Policy, Housing Providers, Hypothermia, Impact of Cold Weather on Health, Impact of Cold Weather on Health: Falls and Injuries, Impact of Cold Weather on Health: Heart Attack, Impact of Cold Weather on Health: Hypothermia, Impact of Cold Weather on Health: Influenza, Impact of Cold Weather on Health: Respiratory Disease, Impact of Cold Weather on Health: Stroke, Influenza, Information and Advice, Insulation (Homes), Keep Warm Keep Well, Keeping Homes Warm: Affordability, Keeping Homes Warm: SAP Ratings, Lifestyle, Local Authorities, Local Authorities and Public Health, Local Partnerships to Address Impact of Cold Homes, Low Income Elderly People, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), NICE Centre for Public Health, NICE Public Health Advisory Committee, OFGEM's Vulnerable Consumer Strategy, Post-Discharge Support, Poverty, Poverty-Related Concerns, Preventable Excess Winter Deaths, Professor Mike Kelly: Director of the Centre for Public Health (NICE), Public Health, Public Health Advisory Committee (PHAC), Public Health England (PHE), Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF), Public Weather Service, Reducing Excess Winter Deaths and Illnesses Associated With Cold Homes: Guideline Consultation, Role of Clinical Commissioning Groups in Addressing Impact of Cold Homes, Seasonal Mortality, Strategic Planning and Commissioning, Thermoregulation, Vulnerable and Disadvantaged Groups, Vulnerable Older People, Winter Fuel Payments, Winter Preparedness
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Heatwave Plan for England 2014 (Public Health England)
Summary Public Health England has issued guidance on the potential health effects of hot weather, for the public and for health and social care professionals. The Heatwave Plan for England tackles the avoidable effects on health of severe heat in … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Aeroallergens (Pollen), Algal Blooms, At-Risk Groups, Built Infrastructure for Older People in Conditions of Climate Change (BIOPICCC), Carbon Monoxide, Care Homes, Caring for older people, Chronic and Severe Illness, Cool Environments With Green Spaces, Cooling Hospital Estates and Care Homes, Dehydration, Design and Delivery of Robust Hospital Environments in a Changing Climate (De2RHECC), Dust-Related Problems, Effects on Health of Severe Heat, Electrolyte Imbalance, EuroHEAT Project, Euroheat: Improving Public Health Responses to Extreme Weather / Heatwaves, Extreme Events Section: PHE’s Centre for Radiation Chemical and Environmental Hazards, Green Infrastructure Partnership, Hay Fever, Health Benefits of Green Space, Health Effects of Climate Change in the UK, Health Issues Related to Heatwaves, Heat Cramps, Heat Exhaustion, Heat Health Advice During Ramadan, Heat Oedema, Heat Syncope, Heat-Health Action Plan Guidance, Heat-Health Watch Alert System, Heat-Health Watch System, Heat-Related Illnesses, Heatstroke, Heatwave Advice and Mass Gatherings, Heatwave Alert Service (aka Heat-Health Watch), Heatwave and Summer Preparedness, Heatwave Plan for England 2014, Heatwaves and Geography, High Temperatures: Air Quality and Health, High-Risk Groups, Hot Weather, Information on Air Quality, Insulating Homes, Insulation, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Level 2 Heatwave Alert, Level 3 Heatwave Alert, Local Government Association: LGA, Local Health Resilience Partnerships, Local Resilience Forums, Loss of Electrolytes, Medications Likely to Provoke or Increase Severity of Heatstroke, Met Office Heatwave Warnings, National Adaptation Programme (NAP), National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), Nitrogen Dioxide, Nursing Older People, Older People, Ozone, Particulate Matter, PHE Sunsense Guidance, PHE: Public Health England, Public Health England (PHE), Ramadan, Reducing Risks Before a Heatwave, Residential Care Homes, Seasonal Excess Deaths, Severe Heat, Sulphur Dioxide, Supporting Vulnerable People in a Heatwave, Thermoregulation, Threshold Temperatures, Trees, Trigger Temperatures, Typical Cascade of Heatwave Alerts, UK CCRA: UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2012, UK-AIR, Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation, Urban Green Space and Trees, Urban Heat Island (UHI) Effect, Urban Heat Islands, Ventilation, Voluntary and Community Sector, Vulnerable Older People, WHO Heat-Health Action Plans
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Excess Winter Mortality in England and Wales: 2012/13 (ONS / NHS Choices)
Summary Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) indicate an estimated 31,100 excess winter deaths occurred in England and Wales in 2012/13; representing a 29% increase compared with the previous winter. The Department of Health has linked the excess … Continue reading →
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Tagged Cold Weather, Cold Weather Payments, Cold Weather Plan for England 2013, Cold Weather Planning, Cold-Related Ill Health, Dame Barbara Hakin (Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive for NHS England), England and Wales, Excess Winter Deaths and Illnesses, Excess Winter Mortality, Excess Winter Mortality in England and Wales: 2012/13, Fuel Poverty, Health and Wellbeing, Hypothermia, Impact of Cold Weather on Health, Impact of Cold Weather on Health: Hypothermia, Impact of Cold Weather on Health: Influenza, Influenza, Mortality Data from the Office for National Statistics, NHS England Winter Health Check, NHS Winter Friends Campaign, NHS Winter Friends Pledge, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Physical Wellbeing, Preparations for Winter, Preventable Excess Winter Deaths, Public Health, Public Health Surveillance, Seasonal Mortality, Situation Reports (SITREPs), Thermoregulation, Wellbeing, Wellbeing and an Ageing Population, Wellbeing in Later Life, Winter Friends, Winter Friends Pledge, Winter Fuel Payments, Winter Health Check, Winter Preparedness, Winter Pressures
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Cold Weather Plan for England 2013 (BBC News / PHE)
Summary Public Health England (PHE) has urged people to keep their homes well heated this winter. Living rooms should be 21C (70F) and other home areas 18C (65F) to avoid potentially fatal health problems. Read more: BBC News: Campaigners urge David Cameron … Continue reading →
Posted in Age UK, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Action Cards for Cold Weather Alert Service: Commissioners (Health and Social Care), Action Cards for Cold Weather Alert Service: Community and Care Facilities, Action Cards for Cold Weather Alert Service: Community and Voluntary Sector, Action Cards for Cold Weather Alert Service: Frontline Health and Social Care Staff, Action Cards for Cold Weather Alert Service: GPs and Practice Staff, Action Cards for Cold Weather Alert Service: Individuals, Action Cards for Cold Weather Alert Service: Local Authorities, Action Cards for Cold Weather Alert Service: Provider Organisations (Health and Social Care), BBC Health News, Cold Weather, Cold Weather Alert Service, Cold Weather Meteorological Services, Cold Weather Plan 2013-14, Cold Weather Plan for England 2013, Cold Weather Planning, DCLG: Department for Communities and Local Government, Energy Bill Revolution, Excess Seasonal Deaths Toolkit, Excess Winter Deaths, Excess Winter Deaths and Illnesses, Excess Winter Mortality, Fuel Poverty, Harm From Cold Weather, Healthy Homes on Prescription (Liverpool City Council), HHSRS: Housing Health and Safety Rating System, Hypothermia, Impact of Cold Weather on Health, Impact of Cold Weather on Health: Falls and Injuries, Impact of Cold Weather on Health: Heart Attack, Impact of Cold Weather on Health: Hypothermia, Impact of Cold Weather on Health: Influenza, Impact of Cold Weather on Health: Respiratory Disease, Impact of Cold Weather on Health: Stroke, Keeping Warm in Later Life projecT (KWILLT), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Making Every Contact Count, Making Every Contact Count Programme (MECC), Met Office’s National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), Meteorological Matters, National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), NEA National Energy ActionNEA: National Energy Action, PHOF: Public Health Outcomes Framework, PIRU: Policy Innovation Research Unit (LSHTM), Poverty, Preventable Excess Winter Deaths, Public Health England (PHE), Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF), Public Weather Service, PWS: Public Weather Service, Recommended Indoor Temperatures, RED: Resilience and Emergencies Division (DCLG), SCG: Strategic Co-ordination Group, SHINE Project, Strategic Planning and Commissioning, Thermoregulation, Typical Cascade of Cold Weather Alerts, Vulnerable Older People, Warm Homes Healthy People Evaluation (WHHP), WHHP: Warm Homes Healthy People, Winter Preparedness, Winter Warmth England: Preparation for Winter
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Heatwave Plan for England 2013 (Public Health England)
Summary The Heatwave Plan for England addresses the avoidable effects on health of severe heat in England. Full Text Link (a) Reference The Heatwave Plan for England. London: Public Health England, May 2013. Level 3 Alert for London and the … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged At-Risk Groups, Care Homes, Caring for older people, Chronic and Severe Illness, Dehydration, Effects on Health of Severe Heat, EuroHEAT Project, Heat Cramps, Heat Exhaustion, Heat Oedema, Heat Syncope, Heat-Health Watch Alert System, Heat-Health Watch System, Heat-Related Illnesses, Heatstroke, Heatwave Alert Service (aka Heat-Health Watch), Heatwave and Summer Preparedness, Heatwave Plan for England 2013, Hot Weather, Level 2 Heatwave Alert, Level 3 Heatwave Alert, Loss of Electrolytes, Met Office Heatwave Warnings, National Adaptation Programme (NAP), National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), Nursing Older People, Older People, Public Health England (PHE), Residential Care Homes, Seasonal Excess Deaths, Severe Heat, Supporting Vulnerable People in a Heatwave, Thermoregulation, Typical Cascade of Heatwave Alerts, Vulnerable Older People
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