Blog Post Tackling Inequalities Is healthcare in Wales really that different? Whenever the UK media discusses the NHS, more often than not it is talking about the NHS in England, rather than all four nations, although it rarely makes that distinction. As the Welsh Government develops plans to change the way that the NHS is governed, we thought it may be timely to reflect on how […] Read more Topics: Health inequalities October 21, 2019
Blog Post Tackling Inequalities Male Suicide – A Silent Epidemic 10th September is World Suicide Prevention Day. This annual event aims to raise the awareness of suicide, educate about the causes and warning signs of suicide and reduce the stigma associated with suicide, suicidal behaviour and other mental health problems. According to the World Health Organisation close to 800,000 people die each year as a […] Read more Topics: Health inequalities September 10, 2019
Report Community Wellbeing Analysis of the Factors Contributing to the High Rates of Care in Wales On 31st March 2018, there were 6,405 children looked after in Wales, almost 1,900 more children than were looked after in 2006. Over that time Wales has consistently had more children looked after per 10,000 of the population than the rest of the UK, and that gap has widened. Within Wales, while most Local Authorities […] Read more Topics: Health inequalities May 14, 2019
Report Tackling Inequalities Supporting Improvements in Health Boards Some local health boards in Wales have struggled over several years to deliver satisfactory health services within their existing resources, with one health board in special measures and others receiving additional funding from Welsh Government. This report synthesises expert academic and practitioner knowledge about what is effective in supporting improvement in health boards, either through […] Read more Topics: Health inequalities April 9, 2019
Blog Post Community Wellbeing Tackling Inequalities How can governments engage with the public about healthcare? One of the projects that the Wales Centre for Public Policy (WCPP) currently has on the go looks at ways that governments can engage with the public about healthcare. The Welsh Government’s plan for health and social care “A Healthier Wales” sets out public engagement as a core part of its healthcare approach going forward, […] Read more Topics: Health inequalities March 11, 2019
Blog Post Environment and Net Zero What’s being done across the world to tackle air pollution? This blog draws on the Wales Centre for Public Policy report, Air quality strategies and technologies: A rapid review of the international evidence, co-authored by Sarah Quarmby, Georgina Santos and Megan Mathias and explores what we know about different ways of cleaning up the air we breathe. What is air quality? Air quality is measured […] Read more Topics: Health inequalities Net Zero December 10, 2018
Report Tackling Inequalities Behaviour change in the Welsh NHS: insights from three programmes Trying to change the way that the NHS operates can be usefully seen as an attempt to change the behaviours of the people within it. This report applies insights from behavioural science to analyse three national programmes in Wales seeking to do this: Making Every Contact Count; Choosing Wisely Wales; and Social Prescribing. All three […] Read more Topics: Health inequalities June 6, 2018
Blog Post Tackling Inequalities Co-production is Key to Designing Successful Health and Employment interventions I was very pleased to read the report from the WCPP and the Institute for Employment Studies which examined how health and employability outcomes could be improved by changing the way in which organisations work together. This is a very timely report as health problems are one of the most significant reasons for people not […] Read more Topics: Community collaboration Employment work and skills Health inequalities March 20, 2018
Report Tackling Inequalities Improving Health and Employment Outcomes Whilst unemployment is currently low in Wales relative to past decades, economic inactivity due to ill health remains high, and our latest report provides evidence as to how this can be addressed focussing on partnership structures and processes. The most common forms of poor health that impact on an individual’s ability to stay in work, […] Read more Topics: Employment Employment, work and skills Health inequalities February 28, 2018
Report Tackling Inequalities Efficiency and the NHS Wales Funding Gap In Spring 2016, working with Wales Public Services 2025, the Public Policy Institute for Wales (PPIW) ran a series of facilitated workshops exploring how further ‘technical’ efficiency could help close the projected long-term NHS ‘funding gap’ in Wales. This was linked to new modelling work by the Health Foundation on NHS Wales fiscal sustainability and […] Read more Topics: Health inequalities October 17, 2016
