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Yellow cold health alert issued for the North West and West Midlands

Regions affected include the North West and West Midlands from 9am Thursday 12 November until 12pm Saturday 14 November. For more information, please visit Weather health alerts page.

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Cold-health alert for West Midlands

Last updated on Tuesday, 10 November 2026 at 12:16pm

Yellow Cold-health alert has been issued

Alert is in effect from 12 November 2026 at 09:00am to 14 November 2026 at 12:00pm
Type
Cold Health Alert
Alert
yellow alert
Risk Score
7
Impact
Low
Likelihood
Medium
Start
12 November 2026 at 09:00am
End
14 November 2026 at 12:00pm

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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