YELLOW cold health alert issued for the North West

The yellow cold health alert is in effect from 6PM on 09/12/2024 until 9AM on 15/12/2024 across the North West. The yellow alert has a matrix score of 7. This means:

Forecast weather is likely to have minor impacts on health and social care services, including:

• increased use of healthcare services by vulnerable people
• greater risk to life of vulnerable people

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

For information about keeping warm and well through winter Click Here