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The red heat health alert is in effect from 1AM on 24/06/2026 until 11PM on 25/06/2026 across the West Midlands. The red alert has a matrix score of 16. This means:

Severe impacts are expected across health and social care services due to the high temperatures, including:

increased risk to life across the whole population, with significant impacts on older people
significantly increased demand on all health and social care services
the heat affecting the ability of the workforce to deliver services
hot indoor environments making provision of care challenging and national critical infrastructure failures, such as generators and power outages
water-related incidents may increase, including risks from cold-water shock and drowning
You can see all the weather health alerts currently in place across England on the UKHSA data dashboard.
https://ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/weather-health-alerts/heat