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Saturday 8 October 2022
Friday 7 October 2022
further cuts of £18 billion to public services.
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Wednesday 10 August 2022
Is it to hot to work?
With temperatures soaring again and amber warnings across the country, what are the rules around working in the heat?
Read latest advice from UNISON 👉 https://www.unison.org.uk/unison-health-and-safety/amber-and-red-heat-warnings/ including outdoor working
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Friday 15 July 2022
Tuesday 12 July 2022
Watch out for heat exhaustion and heatstroke
During the hot weather, it can be easy to overheat.
While heat exhaustion is not usually serious, as long as you can cool yourself down, heatstroke is a medical emergency.
Here's what to look for and what to do.
Heatstroke or heat exhaustion?
Heat exhaustion happens when your body is becoming too hot and struggling to regulate or cope.
It can affect anyone, including fit and healthy people - especially if they are doing strenuous exercise in high temperatures or have been drinking alcohol in the sun all day. It can come on quickly, over minutes, or gradually, over hours.
The symptoms you will feel are your body's way of warning you to cool down, fast.
Check out the BBC website https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-62120167 for more info and what to do if you or someone is suffering
Monday 11 July 2022
Is there a limit on working in heat?
There's no law for maximum working temperature, or when it's too hot to work. Employers must stick to health and safety at work law, including: keeping the temperature at a comfortable level, sometimes known as thermal comfort. providing clean and fresh air.
Click below and check out the guidance from the HSE
Is it too hot to work? Temperature in the workplace
Thursday 30 June 2022
Remember simple precautions after rise in COVID cases during June
People in Oxfordshire are being reminded to remember simple COVID precautions in response to the county, and country as a whole, currently going through another phase of rising cases.
During the last two to three weeks case numbers in the county have doubled, with a new sub-variant of Omicron thought to be one of the chief drivers of the rises being seen in Oxfordshire and elsewhere.
Ansaf Azhar, Oxfordshire County Council’s Director for Public Health, said: “It’s been great for everyone to relax after the difficult last couple of years we’ve had with rules of varying kinds meaning restrictions on our lives.
“Currently there are no restrictions but there is still good, solid guidance that people are advised to observe to protect themselves and their families, particularly vulnerable and elderly people.
“The main bit of advice is to stay at home if you feel unwell – but it’s also worth reminding people of all those things that we learned during the height of the pandemic to reduce the risk of COVID spreading.
“This includes ventilating indoor spaces and washing your hands. During periods of good weather being outdoors rather than indoors also helps reduce risks.
“We expect to see fluctuations in cases and it remains the case we need to learn to live with COVID, but we need to strike a sensible balance and I would ask people to take precautions while cases are on the rise. Let’s enjoy the summer and our regained freedoms but keep in mind that COVID-19 hasn’t gone away and we all need to play our part to live safely.”
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