Message received from the Community Safety Services Business Continuity Manager, Oxfordshire County Council:
Please see attached (above) Adverse Weather warning from the Met Office. AMBER (12) Heat-Health Alert – (Enhanced hot weather response) has been updated and is in effect between 05/09/2023 at 12:00 and 10/09/2023 at 21:00.
Significant impacts are probable across the health and social care sector due to the high temperatures, including: observed increase in mortality across the population likely, particularly in the 65+ age group or those with health conditions, but impacts may also be seen in younger age groups.
