Heat-Health Alert action card for health and social care providers

This Heat-Health Alert (HHA) action card summarises the suggested actions that providers of health or social care should consider at each HHA level. This card is primarily intended for managers working in:

• hospitals
• social care, care homes and other residential settings
• organisations providing primary or community health services operating from fixed sites such as GP surgeries
• organisations delivering care to people in their homes

This card includes actions to consider:

• all year round to support summer preparedness
• for pre-summer readiness and summer preparedness
• for a yellow alert
• for an amber alert
• for a red alert