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Beat the heat: hot weather advice

Information on how to stay safe in hot weather, including how to keep your home cool.

Applies to England

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These documents provide information on who is at greatest risk of ill health from the heat, how to recognise when health may be affected by heat, and what to do if you or someone else becomes unwell as a result of the heat.

Beat the heat resources are part of a wider collection of documents providing guidance on how to minimise the health effects of adverse weather and to build community resilience.

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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ– 10 āĻŽā§‡ 2023
āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāĻžāϞāύāĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻĻ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇ 13 āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϚ 2024 show all updates
  1. Added easy-read versions and translations of guidance and sign-language videos of 'Keep cool at home checklist', 'Stay safe in hot weather' and poster.

  2. First published.

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