Weather health alerts guidance and resources

Updated 26 June 2025

Significant impacts are likely across health and social care services due to the high temperatures, including:

  • a rise in deaths, particularly among those aged 65 and over or with health conditions. There may also be impacts on younger age groups
  • likely increased demand on all health and social care services
  • internal temperatures in care settings (hospitals and care homes) may exceed the recommended threshold for clinical risk assessment
  • the heat affecting the ability of the workforce to deliver services
  • indoor environments overheating increasing the risk to vulnerable people living independently in community and care settings
  • issues managing medicines
  • staffing issues due to external factors (for example, affecting transport)
  • increased demand for power exceeding capacity
  • other sectors starting to observe impacts (for example, travel delays)

You can see all the weather health alerts currently in place across England on the UKHSA data dashboard.

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