Public Health Wales is both the public health organisation in Wales and an NHS Trust. The AGM provides an opportunity to engage with us in reviewing our 2023/24 achievements across the breadth of our many roles and responsibilities, and in discussing the opportunities and challenges ahead.
Public Health Wales has undertaken a further health risk assessment of air quality data collected at the Spittal School monitoring station, covering the period between 1st July 2024 and 26th August 2024.
RSV causes between 400-600 deaths in older adults and over 1,000 hospital admissions in young babies in Wales every year. The new RSV vaccination programme launched today (2 September 2024) will provide protection against the most common childhood respiratory infection for the first time in Wales.
Annual General Meeting of the Public Health Wales Board will be held on Thursday 26 September 1.30pm.
Public Health Wales extends a warm welcome to Pippa Britton OBE as the new Chair of our Board.
As International Overdose Awareness Day* approaches, health experts at Public Health Wales are raising concerns over the increase in the number of counterfeit and adulterated substances they are receiving in the Welsh Emerging Drugs and Identification of Novel Substances service (WEDINOS)**.
Public Health Wales can confirm that there are no cases of Clade I mpox currently reported in Wales, nor any other variant.
A new animation produced by the Policy and International Health Directorate, a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre at Public Health Wales explains the concept of the Wellbeing Economy and its approach and application in Wales, in an easy to understand format.
Public Health Wales are pleased to announce the appointment of Claire Birchall as Executive Director of Quality and Nursing at Public Health Wales on a permanent basis.
The number of gonorrhoea diagnoses jumped by 27% in 2023 compared to the previous year, reaching a total of 5,292 cases. Similarly, syphilis diagnoses saw a 20% increase, with 507 cases reported, marking a 17% rise from the previous peak in 2019.