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Find out about the direct impact the weather can have on health.
Health facts

Severe weather advice

A guide to keeping yourself and others safe and healthy when severe weather is forecast.
What you can do

The natural environment affects human health. Our specially produced health forecasts help professionals and patients know when and where there is a risk of illness. Through this understanding, action can be taken by both healthcare providers and individuals to help prevent hospital admissions and manage hospital workloads.

Healthy Outlook patient survey

Results for Winter 2008/9 are now available.

COPD Healthy Outlook workshops

Our COPD workshops are your chance to take part in a discussion on COPD and its relationship with weather; the impacts on the health industry and patients, and the wider issues surrounding treatment of the condition.

Next workshop date

Our Leicester event has unfortunately been cancelled, our next workshop is on 1 July at 11 a.m. at Malmaison Birmingham, 1 Wharfside Street, Birmingham.

See when and where future COPD workshops are taking place.

Please email health@metoffice.gov.uk for more information.

Healthy Outlook COPD Forecast Alert

Healthy Outlook COPD Forecast Alert from the Met Office provides automated advanced warning telephone calls for people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) when weather conditions increase their risk of illness. The service helps deliver significant improvements in patient wellbeing.

Are you a patient?
Find out more with our Health Forecasting for COPD patient's guide (PDF, 154 kb)

Existing service users
View our library of resources for health professionals (password protected)

Met Office awards

The Met Office has won a number of prestigious awards for its work in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) health forecasting.

To find out more about the Met Office's health forecasting services and expertise please contact our 24-hour Customer Centre or e-mail to health@metoffice.gov.uk.