News

24 June 19

Nerys Edmonds from WHIASU delivered a presentation on the “Public Health Implications of Brexit: A HIA approach”.

07 May 19

The April 2019 edition of the Public Health Network Cymru e-bulletin focuses on 'Futures and Health'. The recent HIA on the public health implications of Brexit in Wales is featured as one of the articles in the e-bulletin. Liz Green, Programme Director for Health Impact Assessment, has also recorded a podcast for Public Health Network Cymru.

30 January 19

WHIASU's Winter 2018/19 newsletter is now available to read. This latest edition contains articles on the WHO Collaborating Centre for Investment for Health and Wellbeing, harmonising public health and land use planning, and recent presentations.

22 January 19

On Monday January 21st 2019, the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) launched a new report in the House of Commons titled "The State of the Union. Reuniting Health with Planning in Promoting Healthy Communities." WHIASU and Public Health Wales were one of six organisations across England and Wales to collaborate on this report.

21 January 19

Published today by Public Health Wales, the Health Impact Assessment of Brexit examines the potential effects of Brexit on the short, medium and long-term health of people living in Wales.

15 January 19

Cardiff Council and Cardiff and Vale Public Health Team have worked in partnership to develop a briefing paper on the topic of ‘Obesity, Hot Food Outlets and Planning in Cardiff’ which investigates whether there is an association between deprivation, hot food outlets and childhood obesity.

09 January 19

Nerys Edmonds, Senior Public Health Practitioner in WHIASU, recently presented on “Identifying the Health and Wellbeing Impacts of Environmental Programmes using Health Impact Assessment: Case Studies from Wales” at the Wales Biodiversity conference.

19 December 18

The Venice Office is WHO/Europe’s centre of excellence in the thematic areas of health equity, social and economic determinants of health, and investment for health in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

28 November 18

This is the second workshop held in 2018 focussing upon the theme of ‘reuniting health and planning,’ in particular to explore current levels of engagement between public health and local authorities and to explore opportunities to work in a more coherent way in the future.

29 October 18

Liz Green, Principal HIA Development Officer in WHIASU, recently co-wrote an article entitled 'Health in Planning Assessments' for the Journal of the London Planning and Development Forum.