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Yellow heat health alert to be issued today

A yellow heat health alert will be issued today for London, South East, South West, East Midlands, West Midlands and East of England. The alert will run between 10am 9 July 2025 until 10am 15 July 2025. See the Weather health alerts page.

Heat-health alert for East of England

Last updated on Tuesday, 8 July 2025 at 10:08am

Yellow Heat-health alert has been issued

Alert is in effect from 9 July 2025 at 10:00am to 15 July 2025 at 10:00am
Type
Heat Health Alert
Alert
yellow alert
Risk Score
9
Impact
Medium
Likelihood
Very low
Start
9 July 2025 at 10:00am
End
15 July 2025 at 10:00am

Risk Description

There is potential for significant impacts across health and social care services from high temperatures, including:

  • a rise in deaths, particularly among those ages 65 and over or with health conditions. There may also be impacts on younger age groups
  • a likely increase in demand for health services
  • internal temperatures in care settings (hospitals and care homes) may exceed recommended threshold for clinical risk assessment
  • the heat affecting the ability of the workforce to deliver services
  • indoor environments overheating increasing the risk to vulnerable people living independently in community and care settings

Risk Matrix

Risk Matrix for the Weather Health Alert risk score metric.
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