The UK Health Security Agency has issued a Yellow Alert for the South East of England with temperatures expected to rise above 30 degrees in areas of the District.
The Alert is in place between Monday 30th June at 10am and Wednesday 2nd July at 9am.
During this period, significant impacts are possible across the health and social care services due to the high temperatures, including:
- a rise in deaths, particularly among those aged 65 and over or with health conditions.There may also be impacts on younger age groups
- likely increased demand on all health and social care services
- internal temperatures in care settings (hospitals and care homes) may exceed the 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
- issues managing medicines
- staffing issues due to external factors (for example, affecting transport)
- increased demand for power exceeding capacity
- other sectors starting to observe impacts (for example, travel delays)
For further information, please visit the following resources:
- UKHSA Heat Health Alerts Dashboard
- NHS – Heatwave: How to cope in hot weather
- Rother District Council – Extreme Weather Advice
- GovUK – Hot Weather and Health Guidance and Advice
- RNLI – Head to a lifeguarded beach as warm weather predicted
- RSPCA – Animal Welfare advice for Summer
Published: 30th June 2025
