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Why some people suffer more than others during heatwaves

Posted by: Blog Editor, Posted on: 10 July 2025 - Categories: Health and Wellbeing
A younger man in a blue shirt is helping an older woman cool down by gently pressing a towel to her forehead

While many of us revel in the hot summer sunshine, others are at risk of developing heat-related complications such as sunstroke and heatstroke. In this blog post we will outline how heat affects the body and look at some of the …

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Our heatwave plan: Preventing avoidable deaths

Posted by: Angie Bone, Posted on: 21 May 2015 - Categories: Health Protection

Whilst summer may still feel a way off to some, my attention is now firmly moving towards making sure we have everything in place to protect the health of those most at risk from high temperatures this summer.  This is …

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Heat health warnings: are we stating the obvious?

Posted by: Paul Cosford, Posted on: 28 July 2014 - Categories: Health Protection, Protecting the country's health

...those vulnerable because of age, illness or poor quality accommodation. Sometimes good advice may be obvious. Featured image "Temperature in C° + R" copyright Acid Pix. Used under Creative Commons....

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