Reference Materials

Approaches to projecting future healthcare demand

Since 2010, adult social care spending has fallen significantly in real terms whilst demand has risen. Reductions in local authority budgets are expected to have had spill over effects on […]

Published on: 9th May 2024

Reference type: Article

The relationship between social care resources and healthcare utilisation by older people in England: An exploratory investigation

The aim of this report is to provide an overview and informed critique of models that have been used in the UK and internationally to project healthcare demand, and assess […]

Published on: 9th May 2024

Reference type: Article

Return on investment of public health interventions: A systematic review

This systematic review explores the return on investment (ROI) of public health interventions delivered in high income countries with universal healthcare, including ROIs in relation to healthcare public health interventions […]

Published on: 9th May 2024

Reference type: Article

The costs and consequences of violence to the healthcare system in Wales

This report by Liverpool John Moores University identifies and measures the costs of violence to the healthcare system in Wales, using cost-of-illness (COI) methods. It concludes that violence imposes a […]

Published on: 9th May 2024

Reference type: Article

World Health Organisation global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco use 2000–2030

Published on: 6th May 2024

Reference type: Research and evidence

Assessing public health implications of free trade agreements: The Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

In 2016, the United Kingdom voted to exit the European Union, which was surrounded by political and social uncertainty. The United Kingdom now negotiates its own trade agreements, and in […]

Authors: Liz Green, Kathryn Ashton, Leah Silva, Courtney McNamara, Louisa Petchey, Michael Fletcher, Timo Clemens, Margaret Douglas

Published on: 2nd May 2024

Reference type: Journal

Cost of health inequality to the NHS in Wales: Interactive dashboard

This interactive dashboard by Public Health Wales accompanies the ‘Cost of health inequality to the NHS in Wales’ report. The dashboard allows users to select how the data are displayed […]

Published on: 2nd May 2024

Reference type: Research and evidence

What’s next? Key issues for the Sixth Senedd

This report by the Welsh Parliament Senedd Research explores the challenging social, economic and public policy issues of the day in Wales, including hospital waiting times and the backlog in […]

Published on: 2nd May 2024

Reference type: Article

Placing gender equality at the heart of the Global Digital Compact: Taking forward the recommendations of the sixty seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women

This paper, prepared by UN Women in collaboration with the Action Coalition on Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality, aims to help governments, policymakers, multilateral organizations, the private sector, and civil […]

Published on: 2nd May 2024

Reference type: Article

Examining relationships between adverse childhood experiences and coping during the cost-of-living crisis using a national cross-sectional survey in Wales, UK

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are stressful experiences during childhood such as child maltreatment and exposure to household difficulties including domestic violence, substance abuse, mental illness and family members being in […]

Authors: Karen Hughes, Mark Bellis, Katie Cresswell, Rebecca Hill, Kat Ford, Joanne C. Hopkins

Published on: 1st May 2024

Reference type: Journal