22 August 2019

POSTPONED: Introduction to Health Impact Assessment Training Session

The session planned for Tuesday, 3rd of March in North Wales has been postponed until further notice. New dates will be released in due course. The session will cover: A basic understanding of HIA, what it is and how it is done; the underpinning values and components of a high quality HIA; an overview of […]

2 July 2019

WHIASU Training and Capacity Building Framework for Health Impact Assessment published

WHIASU Training and Capacity Building Framework for Health Impact Assessment published The Wales Health Impact Assessment Support Unit have published a framework for training and capacity building in HIA this week. The technical report sets out an underpinning framework for the WHIASU’s approach to the design, development, delivery and evaluation of training and capacity building […]

24 June 2019

WHIASU Presentation at “Welsh Policy and Politics in Unprecedented Times” event

WHIASU Presentation at “Welsh Policy and Politics in Unprecedented Times” event. Nerys Edmonds from WHIASU delivered a presentation on the “Public Health Implications of Brexit: A HIA approach” at an event hosted by the Wales Centre for Public Policy on “Welsh Policy and Politics in Unprecedented Times” on May 24th 2019 at Swansea University. . […]

7 May 2019

WHIASU Featured in Public Health Network Cymru E-bulletin

The April 2019 edition of the Public Health Network Cymru e-bulletin focuses on ‘Futures and Health’. The recent HIA on the public health implications of Brexit in Wales is featured as one of the articles in the e-bulletin. Liz Green, Programme Director for Health Impact Assessment, has also recorded a podcast for Public Health Network […]

30 January 2019

WHIASU Publish New Newsletter

The Wales Health Impact Assessment Support Unit (WHIASU) have published the Winter 2018/19 edition of their newsletter. The latest edition contains a range of articles including an update on the WHO Collaborating Centre for ‘Investment for Health and Wellbeing’, an update on the Harmonising Public Health and Land Use Planning work, and suggestions for useful […]

22 January 2019

TCPA Launch New Report on Reuniting Health with Planning

On Monday January 21st 2019, the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) launched a new report in the House of Commons titled “The State of the Union. Reuniting Health with Planning in Promoting Healthy Communities.” (available in English only.) This report provides a picture of the effectiveness of the collaboration between the planning, public health […]

21 January 2019

New National Report examines how Brexit may affect health and well-being of people across Wales

Published today by Public Health Wales, the Health Impact Assessment of Brexit examines the potential effects of Brexit on the short, medium and long-term health of people living in Wales. It highlights how the physical and mental health of the poorest, those with lower educational qualifications, those employed in agricultural and manufacturing sectors exposed to […]

15 January 2019

Briefing Paper Published on Obesity, Hot Food Outlets and Planning in Cardiff

Cardiff Council and Cardiff and Vale Public Health Team have worked in partnership to develop a briefing paper on the topic of ‘Obesity, Hot Food Outlets and Planning in Cardiff’ which investigates whether there is an association between deprivation, hot food outlets and childhood obesity. The paper provides an overview of the approach taken, highlights […]

9 January 2019

WHIASU present at the Wales Biodiversity Conference

Nerys Edmonds, Senior Public Health Practitioner in WHIASU, recently presented on “Identifying the Health and Wellbeing Impacts of Environmental Programmes using Health Impact Assessment: Case Studies from Wales” at the Wales Biodiversity conference. Nerys’s talk is available to view here, and all of the talks from the conference can be accessed here.