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Yellow cold health alert issued for the East Midlands, North East, North West, West Midlands and Yorkshire and The Humber

Regions affected include the East Midlands, North East, North West, West Midlands and Yorkshire and The Humber from 6am Friday 13 February until 8am Monday 16 February. For more information, please see the Weather health alerts page.

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Cold-health alert for North West

Last updated on Wednesday, 11 February 2026 at 10:00am

Yellow Cold-health alert has been issued

Alert is in effect from 13 February 2026 at 06:00am to 16 February 2026 at 08:00am
Type
Cold Health Alert
Alert
yellow alert
Risk Score
7
Impact
Low
Likelihood
Medium
Start
13 February 2026 at 06:00am
End
16 February 2026 at 08:00am

Risk Description

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

Risk Matrix

Risk Matrix for the Weather Health Alert risk score metric.

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