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(vicky.smith2@wales.nhs.uk)

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. . […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]