AMBER heat health alert updated for London

Last updated on Monday, 30 June 2025 at 09:39 am

Amber Heat-health alert has been issued

Alert is in effect from 30 June 2025 at 10:00am to 2 July 2025 at 09:00amTypeHeat Health AlertAlert

amber alert Risk Score 13 Impact High Likelihood Very low Start 30 June 2025 at 10:00am End 2 July 2025 at 09:00 am

Risk Description

Significant impacts are expected across 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 observeimpacts (for example, travel delays)

Risk Matrix