{"id":430582,"date":"2026-02-17T15:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T15:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/430582\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T15:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T15:09:08","slug":"cold-health-alert-issued-for-nottinghamshire-as-freezing-temperatures-forecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/430582\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold health alert issued for Nottinghamshire as freezing temperatures forecast"},"content":{"rendered":"

The four-day alert is due to weather which is expected to impact health and social care services\"A<\/p>\n

A cold and frosty scene in Toton, Nottinghamshire(Image: Joseph Raynor\/ Nottingham Post)<\/p>\n

A cold health alert has been issued for Nottinghamshire as freezing temperatures are expected to impact health and social care services.<\/p>\n

The alert, put in place by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), covers the East Midlands region from 6pm on Tuesday, February 17, until 6pm on Friday, February 20.<\/p>\n

It comes just a day after Nottingham University Hospitals<\/a> (NUH<\/a>) stood down a three-day critical incident<\/a>, which was declared on Friday, February 13, due to “significant pressures” across its services<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The trust said it had recorded increases in older patients, who often need to stay in hospital longer than usual, and those with respiratory problems.<\/p>\n

Forecast weather<\/a> is likely to have “minor impacts” on health and social care services, according to the UKHSA.<\/p>\n

This includes an increased use of healthcare services by vulnerable people and a greater risk to life of vulnerable people.<\/p>\n

Temperatures are not expected to reach above 5C in Nottingham until Friday, dropping as low as -1C on some nights.<\/p>\n

The UKHSA said: “While exposure to cold weather can affect anyone, some people are particularly at risk. We have published guidance on staying safe during cold weather<\/a>.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The four-day alert is due to weather which is expected to impact health and social care services A…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,104,15257,56,54,55,1068],"class_list":["post-430582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-nhs","tag-nottinghamshire","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}