Heatwave

Information and advice on the hazards of heatwave is given in a leaflet produced by the Department of Health. It includes information on how to recognise the symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke, and how to deal with the effects of too much heat.

Factsheets are also available for health and social care professionals, particularly those that visit people in their homes and for managers and staff of residential and nursing care homes, where people are particularly at risk during hot weather.

The factsheets can be found at the following links:

Please note: pdf documents may take a while to download over a standard 56K modem. If you do not have a version of acrobat reader - this can be downloaded via our downloads section.