staying well this winter - what do the numbers say?

by a fever, chills, headache, aching muscles and joint pain flu symptoms can mean you need bed rest Cold weather can... Lead to heart attack- or stroke-causing blood clots Raise your blood pressure and increase your risk of stroke Make your heart work much harder to keep your body warm Raise your heart rate Excess winter deaths are responsible for about of all deaths per year 86% of excess winter deaths are due to respiratory illness SEE YOUR PHARMACIST AT THE FIRST SIGN OF ILLNESS, EVEN IF IT’S JUST A COUGH OR COLD If the weather drops to 2°C or less, healthcare services target speciﬁc actions at high-risk groups of pharmacies now have a private consultation area STAYING WELL THIS WINTER — WHAT DO THE NUMBERS SAY? STAYING WELL THIS WINTER — WHAT DO THE NUMBERS SAY? Winter can be seriously bad for your health. Find out what you should be looking out for and what precautions you can take to keep you and your family well this winter. Flu can be characterised Even for most healthy people, 45% Those 65 or older — as well as those with a long-term health condition — are particularly at risk 1 20 IN ⅓ Roughly 2°C of the elderly admitted to the hospital are admitted from their own homes say they were socially isolated 90% Roughly FOR PEOPLE OVER 75 ADMITTED TO A&E, THERE IS A CLEAR LINK BETWEEN SOCIAL ISOLATION AND CARE NEEDS Pharmacists are fully qualiﬁed to advise you on the best course of action if you start to feel unwell 15.4M THESE PEOPLE FLU IMMUNISATION IS ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS TO PREVENT FLU AND REDUCE THE POTENTIAL HARM IT CAN CAUSE 65 2-4 ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A have a long-term health condition such as diabetes or respiratory illness PEOPLE over a quarter of the UK’s population Along with those over carers to disabled or elderly people 1 2 children age CHILDREN’S NASAL SPRAY VACCINE FREE FLU JAB AND OR pregnant woman and in school years www.nhs.uk/staywell SOURCES http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/www.dh.gov.uk/en/Healthcare/Longtermconditions/DH_084294 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flu-plan-2015-to-2016 https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/468160/CWP_2015.pdf http://www.foe.co.uk/sites/default/files/downloads/cold_homes_health.pdf http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB15933/gen-pharm-eng-201314-Report.pdf http://www.swahsn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Project-Ariadne-Case-Study-12.pdf http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/cold-weather-alert/#?tab=coldWeatherAlert

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Page 1: Staying well this winter - what do the numbers say?

by a fever, chills, headache,

aching muscles and joint pain

flu symptoms can mean you

need bed rest

Cold weathercan...

Lead to heart attack- orstroke-causing blood clots

Raise your bloodpressure and increaseyour risk of stroke

Make your heart workmuch harder to keepyour body warm

Raise your heart rate

Excess winter deaths areresponsible for about

of all deathsper year

86%

of excess winter deaths aredue to respiratory illness

SEE YOUR PHARMACIST AT THE FIRST SIGN OF ILLNESS, EVEN IF IT’S JUST A COUGH OR COLD

If the weatherdrops to 2°C orless, healthcareservices targetspecific actions athigh-risk groups

of pharmacies now have a

private consultation area

STAYING WELL THIS WINTER— WHAT DO THE NUMBERS SAY?STAYING WELL THIS WINTER— WHAT DO THE NUMBERS SAY?Winter can be seriously bad for your health. Find out what you should be looking out

for and what precautions you can take to keep you and your family well this winter.

Flu can be characterised Even for most healthy people,

45%

Those 65 or older — as well

as those with a long-term

health condition — are

particularly at risk

1 20 IN

⅓Roughly

2°C

of the elderly admitted to

the hospital are admitted