INFORMATION - YELLOW Cold-Health Alert
A YELLOW Cold-Health Alert has been issued for the South West 12PM on 17/11/2025 until 8AM on 22/11/2025. No Met Office weather alerts/warnings are currently in place for this period.
Below are links to the Cold-Health Alert (CHA) action cards produced by UKHSA summarising suggested actions to be taken by different professional bodies and organisations in the event of cold weather. Please ensure that your service delivery partners are aware of these action cards.
Cold-Health Alert summary action card for commissioners
Cold-Health Alert summary action card for voluntary and community sector
Cold-Health Alert summary action card for care homes and other residential settings
Cold-Health Alert summary action card for services delivering care to people in their homes
Cold-Health Alert summary action card for hospitals and other healthcare settings
Please see the attached email, consider the impacts on your Business Continuity and implement any relevant actions within your own service plans.
The EMU will continue to monitor all alerts and warnings received and will cascade updates and changes to the forecast. At this stage we will not be activating the Severe Weather Co-ordination Group, however, please raise any Business Continuity issues to the EMU (emu@n-somerset.gov.uk) to allow us to consider activating the Severe Weather Co-ordination Group if required.