As a result of the decision to leave the EU, the UK will be developing its own independent trade policy for the first time in over 40 years. This has significant implications for a range of the determinants of health and well-being in Wales including food standards, environmental protection, tobacco and alcohol regulations, as well […]

The workshop will be held on the 30th of January 2020 at 10.00 – 15.30 at the Life Sciences Hub, Cardiff. The workshop aims to improve, create and plan healthy sustainable environments through shared public health and spatial planning agenda. It also seeks to highlight best practice and explore models and opportunities for sustainable co-ordinated […]

The WHIASU team would like to share with you their latest news and achievements over the past couple of months, please click here to view the newsletter.

Today the Wales HIA Support Unit and Public Health Wales have published ‘The Public Health Implications of Brexit in Wales: A Health Impact Assessment approach – A Rapid Review and Update’. This is a short supplementary follow up report and builds on a detailed analysis, The Public Health Implications of Brexit in Wales: A Health […]

New dates have been released for the Rapid HIA Training Sessions in January and March 2020. Please click here for further details on the course. Please click here for the registration form. If you require any further details or need assistance please contact Vicky Smith([email protected])

The Research and Evidence Directorate have released a new report ‘Supporting Farming Communities at times of uncertainty’. Please click here to see the report.

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 […]

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 […]

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. . […]