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Cold weather plan for England
— protecting health and reducing harm from cold weather | | Author(s) | Shannon Katiyo, Stephen Dorey, Angie Bone |
| Corporate Author | Public Health England; NHS England; Local Government Association - LGA; Met Office |
| Publisher | Public Health England; NHS England, London, October 2015 |
| Pages | 57 pp (PHE publications gateway number: 2015382; NHS publications gateway number |
| Source | Download: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attac... |
| Keywords | Winter care ; Health [elderly] ; Health services ; Standards of provision ; England. |
| Annotation | The Cold Weather Plan for England is a framework intended to protect the population from harm to health from cold weather. It aims to prevent the major avoidable effects on health during periods of cold weather in England, by alerting people to the negative health effects of cold weather, and enabling them to prepare and respond appropriately. It recommends a series of steps to reduce the risks to health from cold weather for: the NHS, local authorities, social care, and other public agencies; professionals working with people at risk; and individuals, local communities and voluntary groups. It includes a plan and evidence summary on planning to protect health in cold weather. The Cold Weather Plan is complemented by the NICE guideline, 'Guidance on Excess winter deaths and morbidity and the health risks associated with cold homes'. Both documents offer strategic and practical recommendations for the NHS, public health, social care and other community organisations, to support vulnerable people who have health, housing or economic circumstances that increase their risk of harm. This plan is valid from October 2015 until further notice. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-151211001 E |
| Classmark | IB: CC: L: 583: 82 |
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