 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.
COPD Forecast Alert service evaluation workshops
The evaluation of our services for people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) shows more encouraging evidence that our Healthy Outlook® COPD Forecast Alert service helps keep people well and out of hospital during the winter and that patients like using it. More information will be presented at a series of workshops in July, August and September 2008. 
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? View our library of resources for health professionals (password protected)
A weighted national average calculated with data from Cornwall, Worcester and Rhondda shows a 20.5% reduction in admission rates in practices that used the service. Practices with more than half of their COPD patients registered on the system experienced a much greater benefit, with the average admission rate reduction for these practices approximately 48%. Find out how much your practice can save with the Healthy Outlook COPD savings calculator 
The Met Office has won a number of prestigious
awards for its work in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) health forecasting.
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