Strategy

• Biodiversity and resilience of ecosystems report 2025

  This report summarises the work undertaken by Public Health Wales (PHW) to support biodiversity over the last three years. Section 6 of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016 requires public authorities […]

• Planning Healthy Places: A guide for local authorities in Wales for embedding health in planning policy

  This guidance aims to support those working across urban and rural local authorities in Wales to consider, include and promote health and wellbeing through Local Development Plans (LDPs) and the […]

• Cluster working in Wales

  This report once again celebrates the results of collaboration and leadership at Cluster level, where local solutions are designed to more effectively meet the health and wellbeing needs of local […]

• Health in planning: The role of health in Local Development Plans in Wales

  This report, commissioned by Public Health Wales, Wales Health Impact Assessment Support Unit (WHIASU), presents a summary review of how health is included in Local Development Plans (LDPs) across Wales. […]

• Safeguarding Maturity Matrix

  The Safeguarding Maturity Matrix (SMM) consists of the following five standards, each with several example indicators to assist organisations in establishing their self-assessment score. The organisational Improvement Plans and self-assessment […]

• A public health approach to primary and community care by 2035

  This report outlines a vision for transforming primary and community care (PCC) in Wales by 2035 through a public health approach. It builds on existing strengths and aims to address […]

• Diabetes care: Maximising effectiveness of Allied Health Professionals (AHPs)

  This paper highlights key AHPs involved in Diabetes Care, designed to support an understanding of skillsets and roles, to maximise their effective utilisation.

• The best start in life: An early years framework for action

  Introduction There is a strong and long-standing policy ambition in Wales to enable every child to have the best start in life. However, inequalities continue to arise early and persist […]

• BSU report: Behavioural science in action – Behavioural Science Unit at Public Health Wales 2024-25 review

  This report is for the staff, teams and services in Public Health Wales, and the wider public health system in Wales. It sets out the range of work which the […]

• BSU report: Behaviourally Informed Communications Initiative (BICI)

  The Behaviourally Informed Communications Initiative launched in June 2024, with over 35 stakeholders from a range of different teams brining a piece of communication to optimise by applying behavioural science. […]