Heat health alert updated for the East of England

The amber heat health alert is in effect from 10AM on 26/05/2026 until 5PM on 28/05/2026 across the East of England. The amber alert has a matrix score of 12. This means:Significant impacts are likely across health and social care services due to the high...

Hot weather information

Forecasts this week are for higher heat with a yellow alert in place until the 2nd of August. Please can you consider what support or mitigations you may need to provide for your services and the people support. To assist with this, we have linked some useful...

Hot water bottles

There have been quite a few recent articles in the press over the safe use of hot water bottles, given their increasing popularity. We would like to take this opportunity to remind Care Providers about safe usage of these devices. Please remember: Capacity assessment...