Lambeth and Southwark Council Cold Weather Alert Cascade 2014
Introduction
Severe winter weather is associated with an increase in illness and injuries; cold weather increases
the risk of heart attacks, strokes, lung illnesses, flu and other diseases and people also slip and fall in
the snow and ice, sometimes suffering serious injuries. Older people, very young children and
people with serious medical conditions are particularly vulnerable to the effects of cold weather. On
average there are around 25,000 excess winter deaths each year in England.
The Cold Weather Plan for England 2014 (Public Health England, 2014) describes the actions to be
taken by all health and social care agencies to prepare for and respond to winter so as to protect the
vulnerable in the event that cold temperatures and/or widespread ice and heavy snow occur.
This document supports the London Boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark in their responsibilities
around cold weather alerts and actions, and works alongside the CCG’s alert systems. It clarifies
arrangements around:
 The alert cascade for cold weather alerts, and
 Actions to be taken at each level
Further information on responsibilities, the effect of cold on health and detailed actions by level of
cold weather alert are available in the Cold Weather Plan for England 2014:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cold-weather-plan-for-england-2014
Following the transfer of Director’s of Public Health into local authorities, DsPH now have a
responsibility to assure themselves of various emergency preparedness and responses, including
severe weather planning. This document has been agreed by various local authority stakeholders to
document what the local authority role is during cold weather.
Cold Weather Alert Levels
Level 0
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Long term Planning
All year
Winter preparedness and action programme
1 November – 31 March
Severe winter weather is forecast – Alert and readiness
Mean temperature of 2⁰C and/or widespread ice and heavy snow are predicted within
48 hours, with 60% confidence
Response to severe winter weather – Sever weather action
Severe winter weather is now occurring: mean temperature of 2⁰C or less and/or
widespread ice and heavy snow
Major incident – Emergency response
Central government will declare a level 4 alert in the event of severe or prolonged cold
weather affecting sectors other than health
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Cascade Alert
Met Office Alerts will be directly received by leads within the Public Health Department and
Emergency Planning team during office hours, and they will forward alerts to key local leads for
onward cascade, according to the Lambeth and Southwark cascade flowcharts below.
These key local leads are responsible for ensuring the relevant information goes to staff in their
areas and that actions are being undertaken as outlined in the guidance.
Actions to be taken
The actions to be taken at each cold weather alert level and by each staff group are clearly laid out in
the Cold Weather Plan 2014 (see link above). There is specific guidance and action cards for:
 Provider organisations: health and social care (community services, hospitals, care homes and
prisons)
 Frontline health and social care staff in community and institutions
 GPs and practice staff
 Commissioners (health and social care) and local authorities
 Voluntary and community sector
The Cold Weather Plan contains key public health messages, a list of those people who may be
vulnerable to cold weather plus actions to be taken at each level. Staff identified in the cascade
should ensure that all relevant staff, provider teams and commissioned services receive the guidance
and understand their responsibilities at each alert level.
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Southwark Cold Weather Alert Cascade 2014_15
Alert cascade - Southwark Council and CCG
The following alert cascade will be initiated in Southwark if the Met Office declares Levels 2, 3 or 4, and a full contact list can be found below:
GPs &
Pharmacies
Public Health England
Cold
Weather
alert level
2, 3 or 4
NHS England
(South London on call
Manager)
Severe Weather Emergency
Protocol for rough sleepers
is triggered at 0⁰
Southwark Council
(Emergency Planning Team & Public Health Team)
Southwark Clinical Commissioning Group
Community
Wardens & on call
staff
Via usual surge management routes
CCG Staff
Guys & St Thomas’ Trust
Children’s
Services
Adult Services
Weather
Warning Lead
Housing
Comms Team
Housing
Teams
All staff
(Surge management leads)
Kings Hospital Trust
(Surge management leads)
South London & Maudsley
Mental Health Trust
Children’s
Social Care
Care &
N Homes
Senior
Management
updates
Schools
Adult Day
Care Centres
Adult social
care teams
The Source
Nurseries
CommissionIng teams
Provided
services
Website
(Surge management leads)
Care & Nursing Homes
(via Southwark Council)
Community Providers
Voluntary
Orgs
(Surge management leads)
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Media
updates and
events
Contact List – Southwark
Cascade Group
Lead Name
Position or Department
Will Cascade to
Email
Public Health
Ruth Wallis
Emma Robinson
Sarah Robinson
Barry Hall
Director of Public Health
Consultant Health Protection
Health Protection Manager
Emergency Planning Officer
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All email addresses on this list for onward
cascade
Jackie Cook
Jim Eshelby
(via John Houston,
Head Teachers Exec)
Fiona Phillips
Jon Newton
Children’s Social Care
Head of Standards 0 - 19
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Community Wardens
on call staff
Children Social Care Teams
Schools
Ruth.wallis@southwark.gov.uk
Emma.robinson@southwark.gov.uk
Sarah.robinson@southwark.gov.uk
barry.hall@southwark.gov.uk
emergency.planning@southwark.gov.uk
Jackie.cook@southwark.gov.uk
Jim.eshelby@southwark.gov.uk
john@houston-associates.com
Fiona.phillips@southwark.gov.uk
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Nurseries
Senior management updates
Adult social care teams
Adult provider services team
Rochelle Jamieson
Quality and Performance
Manager
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Care and Nursing Homes (except Queens
Oak)
Adult Day Centres
Voluntary Organisations (those this team
contracts with)
Children’s and adults commissioning and
brokerage teams
Supported living and residential
Children’s fostering and semiindependent services
Housing Teams
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All staff
Events management
Intranet/website/Source
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Teams
CCG contracted services
CCG staff
Emergency Planning
Team
Children’s Services
Weather Warning Lead
Adult’s and Children’s
Commissioned Social
Care Services
Early Help Central Team
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Housing
Communications
Environment Protection
Southwark CCG
John Morteo
Sheryl Charles
Robin Campbell
Wendy Foreman
Louise Neilan
Miriam McGrath
Paul Cowell
Sarah Newman
George Boyd
Sheetal Mukkamala
Southwark Housing
Private Sector Housing
Head of Communications
Head of Campaigns
Media Manager
Communications
Events manager
Environment Protection
CCG
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Jon.Newton@southwark.gov.uk
Backups for Jon Newton are:
alexandra.laidler@southwark.gov.uk
and vanessa.pugh@southwark.gov.uk
rochelle.jamieson@southwark.gov.uk
backup - LTCadmin@southwark.gov.uk
Jonathan.lillistone@southwark.gov.uk
John.morteo@southwark.gov.uk
Sheryl.charles@southwark.gov.uk
Robin.campbell@southwark.gov.uk
Wendy.foreman@southwark.gov.uk
Louise.neilan@southwark.gov.uk
Miriam.mcgrath@southwark.gov.uk
Paul.cowell@southwark.gov.uk
Sarah.newman2@southwark.gov.uk
george.boyd3@nhs.net
sheetal.mukkamala@nhs.net
Lambeth Council Cold Weather Alert Cascade 2014_15
Alert cascade – Lambeth Council & CCG
The following alert cascade will be initiated in Lambeth if the Met Office declares Levels 2, 3 or 4 and a full contact list can be found below:
Public Health England
GPs &
Pharmacies
NHS England
(South London on call
Manager)
Severe Weather
Emergency Protocol for
rough sleepers is
triggered at 0⁰
Cold
Weather
alert level
2, 3 or 4
Lambeth Council
(Emergency Planning Team & Public Health Team)
On call staff
Lambeth Clinical Commissioning Group
Via usual surge management routes
CCG Staff
Guys & St Thomas’ Trust
Children’s
Services
Adult Services
(Surge management leads)
Kings Hospital Trust
(Surge management leads)
South London & Maudsley
Mental Health Trust
Comms Team
Adult Social
Care
Housing
Teams
All staff
Children’s
placements
Adult Day
Care Centres
Careline
Website
Schools
Residential
Homes
(via Lambeth Council)
Community Providers
Careline
Children’s
Social Care
(Surge management leads)
Care & Nursing Homes
Senior
Management
(Level 3 and
above only)
Voluntary
Orgs
(Surge management leads)
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Media
updates and
events
Contact List – Lambeth
Cascade Group
Lead Name
Position or Department
Will cascade to
Email
Public Health
Ruth Wallis
Emma Robinson
Sarah Robinson
Jo Couzens
Director of Public Health
Consultant Health Protection
Health Protection Manager
Emergency Planning

All email addresses on this list
for onward cascade
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On call staff
Senior Management (Levels 3 &
4 only)
Careline
Carline Francis
Careline Lead
Adult Services
Myrtle Bernard
Careline
Emergency Housing
Adult Social Care Teams
Adult provider agencies
Children’s Services
David Bello
Lisa Humphreys
LB Lambeth social care, head of
service (health)
Head of Adult Social Care
Children’s Social Care
Special Education Needs
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Ruth.wallis@southwark.gov.uk
Emma.robinson@southwark.gov.uk
Sarah.robinson@southwark.gov.uk
jcouzens@lambeth.gov.uk
kpeters-bean@lambeth.gov.uk
pcontrol@swindon.gov.uk (OOHs call
centre)
cdfrancis@lambeth.gov.uk
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Children Social Care
Children’s providers
Children’s placements
SEN Transport
Schools
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Comms & campaigns
Events
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CCG Commissioned services
Emergency Planning
Team
Communications
Lambeth CCG
Peter Compton
Colm Doyle
Stuart Dixon
Bob Bielby
Schools
Katie Gibbons
Lee Fiorentino
Julian Ellerby
Marion Shipman
Head of Campaigns
Head of Events
LB Lambeth, head of comms
Lambeth CCG, AD – governance
and quality
SEL CCGs
Sarah Bryan
Nyssa Paige
Commissioning lead (EAP)
LSCB
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mbernard@lambeth.gov.uk
dbello@lambeth.gov.uk
lhumphreys@lambeth.gov.uk
mdonkor@lambeth.gov.uk
kavis@lambeth.gov.uk
ayarnold@lambeth.gov.uk
chastie@lambeth.gov.uk
knugent@lambeth.gov.uk
PCompton@lambeth.gov.uk
CDoyle@lambeth.gov.uk
SDixon@lambeth.gov.uk
bbielby@lambeth.gov.uk
communications@lambeth.gov.uk
events@lambeth.gov.uk
Marion.shipman@nhs.net
Nyssa.paige@nhs.net
sarahbryan1@nhs.net