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Keep Warm, Keep Well: Winter 2007/2008

  • Document type:
    Dear colleague letter
  • Author:
    Department of Health: Sir Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer
  • Published date:
    30 August 2007
  • Primary audience:
    Health and social care professionals, Allied health professionals
  • Gateway reference:
    8486
  • Pages:
    1
  • Supersedes/replaces:
  • Copyright holder:
    Crown

This letter from Sir Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer, outlines the 'Keep Warm Keep Keep Well' campaign for winter 2007/08. The 'Keep Warm Keep Well' campaign aims to provide useful advice on how to stay healthy in the winter months, together with information about financial and practical help that is available. The campaign is particularly aimed at older people, and those who have chronic illness or who are vulnerable to illness due to disability.

As you may know Keep Warm Keep Well is a joint annual campaign run by the Department of Health in partnership with Age Concern, the Department of Work and Pensions, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Help The Aged, NEA (National Energy Action), Energywatch, and the WRVS. It aims to provide useful advice on how to stay healthy in the winter months, together with information about financial and practical help that is available.

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