Hot Weather Support – Help Available

With recent heatwaves and more hot weather forecasts, we’ve collected useful information for residents, including:

• To reduce heat generated in the home, check your heating is off, turn off lights and electrical equipment not in use and try to cook at cooler times of the day. For essential devices that emit heat, consider closing doors to those rooms
• Only use an electric fan if the air temperature is below 35°C, but do not aim the fan directly at your body as this can lead to dehydration.
• It may be cooler outside in the shade or in a public building, so consider a visit to cool down if you are able to safely travel there without putting yourself at more risk from the heat.
• If you are concerned someone may be overheating, seek medical advice by contacting NHS 111. In an emergency, or if you think someone has heatstroke, dial 999. For further information on heat exhaustion and heatstroke symptoms, visit: www.NHS.UK 
   

For other details on health advice and local air quality, swimming pool and water safety, food safety and changes to waste collections during high temperatures visit the following pages:
Summer in South Oxfordshire – South Oxfordshire District Council
Summer in the Vale – Vale of White Horse District Council

 

To keep up to date with potential health and wellbeing impacts the hot weather may have, visit the UK Health Security Agency.