Evidence and research

• WEDINOS Philtre – March 2024

  Philtre is the monthly bulletin of WEDINOS. It provides monthly summaries of drug analysis results, emerging substance trends, and harm reduction information. This bulletin serves as a vital resource for […]

• Interventions for mitigating the effects of mass unemployment events

  This report outlines the findings of a search conducted by the Public Health Wales Evidence Service to identify evidence on mass unemployment events. The evidence from this agile scoping review […]

• 4 Nations rapid review of iGAS deaths in children

  An increase in child deaths from invasive Group A Streptococcus (iGAS) was observed in the UK in the 2022/3 season, which runs from week 37 to week 36 each year […]

• International horizon scanning and learning report: Impact of poverty on babies, children, and young people

  The International Horizon Scanning and Learning reports were initiated as part of the COVID-19 public health response, to support dynamic response and recovery measures and planning in Wales. In spring […]

• Influencing the health gap: Multi-country perspectives

  The Welsh Health Equity Status Report initiative (WHESRi) has updated a spotlight feature blog on the innovative decomposition analysis methodology. This now includes the addition on a summary report on […]

• Antenatal Screening Wales annual report 2017-18

  The following report outlines the work undertaken by Antenatal Screening Wales (ASW) from 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018. This summary report highlights the achievements of the team working […]

• WEDINOS Philtre – February 2024

  Philtre is the monthly bulletin of WEDINOS. It provides monthly summaries of drug analysis results, emerging substance trends, and harm reduction information. This bulletin serves as a vital resource for […]

• Diabetic Eye Screening Wales annual statistical report 2020-21

  Welcome to the fourth annual statistical report published by Diabetic Eye Screening Wales (DESW), Public Health Wales. DESW (previously Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Service for Wales) was initially commissioned as a […]

• Affordable homes for health and well-being

  This briefing follows our summary briefing ‘Homes for health and well-being’ on what a future of healthy homes in Wales should look like. It focuses on the importance of affordable […]

• National summary of neonatal hepatitis B immunisation in Wales 2021-22

  This report summarises uptake and timeliness of the first three doses of hepatitis B immunisation and uptake trends in babies born to hepatitis B positive mothers during 2022 who were […]