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Walsall Council Winter Preparedness
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Background Public Health Arrangements Social Care Arrangements Emergency Planning Arrangements Walsall Weather Page Questions
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Background
Winter Planning is not new
Responsibility to ensure winter arrangements are in place
New structures i.e. Public Health
Different Service roles required during winter
Joint working is developed and dovetailed where appropriate
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Emergency Planning
Development of winter preparedness
Business Continuity planning – maintain Council services
24/7 emergency response
Communication plan outlining how internal and external communication will be developed
Coordination of resources required e.g. Rest Centres opened in response to severe weather
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Public Health
Statutory responsibility over health advice/protection of Walsall population i.e. Health Checks & Infectious disease
Cold Winter Planning – health advice to the public
“The Cold Weather Plan for England is a framework intended to protect the population from
harm to health from cold weather. It aims to prevent the major
avoidable effects on health during periods of cold weather in
England by alerting people to the negative health effects of cold weather, and enabling them to
prepare and respond appropriately.”
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Public Health Arrangements
Reinforce Public Health and ‘Keep Warm, Keep Well’ messages during winter
Gain assurance throughout Local Authority and key partners concerning planning and actions
Lead on response to Alert levels through action cards
Key Public Health Actions Summarised
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Social Care
– General information on inclement weather plans can be found on the council website
– Individual Carers of customers will be contacted directly by Social Care staff of any cancelation of transport
– Service arrangement in place to minimise disruption– We have a team of staff who watch over vulnerable service users and are on duty
to respond as required
Please contact for further information on: 01922 650828 When can you ring? During inclement weather between 7:45am – 17:00pm None inclement weather between 8:30am -17:00pm
Address: Electrium Point, Forge Road Willenhall, WV12 4HD
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Walsall Weather page
• Up-to-date Weather Information
• Weather Advice
• Health Advice
• Updates
• Blogging system
• Last year 9k hits
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