Nursery World - Advice for nurseries feeling the heat

Early years settings across the UK are taking measures to keep children safe during this week’s heatwave.

Public Health England has published advice for early years settings about the effect of heat on young children, as a heatwave is set to hit the UK in the next few days.

Children are particularly at risk as they cannot control their body temperature as efficiently as adults – due to not sweating as much.

Dr Paul Cosford, director for Health Protection at Public Health England, said, ‘While many people enjoy hot weather, high temperatures can be dangerous, especially for people who may be particularly vulnerable such as older people, young children and those with serious illnesses.’

The Met Office has forecast potential heatwave conditions for all parts of England except the north east, and has declared a level 2 heat-health alert (when the Met Office forecasts that there is a 60 per cent chance of temperatures being high enough on at least two consecutive days to have significant effects on health.)

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