Literature review

• Comparative review of inhaler return, recycling and recovery schemes in the UK

  This report reviews UK inhaler recycling schemes and finds that simple, NHS‑embedded approaches are most effective. It highlights how improved inhaler return and recycling can reduce environmental impact and outlines […]

• Oral health of 5-yr-old children in Wales in 2024 to 2025

  This is a summary of the NHS Wales Dental Epidemiological Programme’s inspection of school year one (5-year-old) children undertaken across Wales in 2024-25.

• Clinical interventions to reduce health inequalities within primary care: An agile scope of the literature

  This report outlines the findings of a search conducted by the Public Health Wales Evidence Service to identify evidence on primary, secondary and tertiary prevention interventions aimed at reducing health […]

• Gender-based harassment in public spaces: A review of the literature

  The aim of this review is to consolidate and enhance the evidence base on the prevention of, and response to, public sexual harassment and other forms of gender-based harassment in […]

• Flooding and health: summary of two scoping reviews of the literature

  Next update: Update not planned Contact for queries and feedback Introduction Climate change is expected to increase the frequency of flooding in the United Kingdom, with Wales being particularly vulnerable. […]

• Opportunities for improving childrens health in Wales. The potential of school food

  The aim of this resource is to lay the foundation to facilitate a shared understanding across the system of the role school food plays in child health and well-being, and […]

• Opportunities for improving childrens health in Wales. The potential of school food.

  The aim of this resource is to lay the foundation to facilitate a shared understanding across the system of the role school food plays in child health and well-being, and […]

• Terms for social prescribing in Wales

  Developed in collaboration with Wales School for Social Prescribing Research and the University of South Wales. The glossary aims to provide clarity on terminology.

• Everybody’s business: Early intervention crime reduction

  This report aims to aid understanding of how multi-agency partners, including police and justice, health and social care, local government, education, and the third sector, can work together to prevent […]

• Private water supplies: an agile scope of the literature

  Next update: Update not planned Contact for queries and feedback Introduction Private water supplies are a common source of drinking water in rural parts of the UK. A need to understand risk associated […]