Health and Social Care

publication 14 May 2019
Analysis of the Factors Contributing to the High Rates of Care in Wales
Dr Helen Hodges and Dan Bristow

On 31st March 2018, there were 6,405 children looked after in Wales, almost 1,900 more children than were looked after in 2006. Over that time Wales has consistently had...

publication 9 April 2019
Supporting Improvements in Health Boards
Dr Craig Johnson

What is effective in supporting improvement in health boards?

publication 28 February 2018
Improving Health and Employment Outcomes
Stephen Bevan

This report explores how economics inactivity due to ill health can be addressed.

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Publications 20 November 2018
Air Quality Strategies and Technologies
A rapid review of the international evidence
News Articles 27 September 2018
WCPP health expert discusses West Wales health changes
Dr Paul Worthington appeared on BBC Wales Live
Projects
Strategies and technologies in improving air quality
The project is a rapid review of measures in place worldwide to improve air quality. It indicates the evidence behind different strategies and technologies for...
Projects
Supporting improvement in health boards
Trying to prevent or turnaround underperformance in health organisations is a challenging task, and much of the academic literature is focused on general and abstract...
Projects
Better Services for Looked After Children
Improving outcomes for children in care is high up on the agenda, not only for local authorities as their legally responsible guardians, but for social...
Press Releases 19 July 2018
Smacking children no more effective than other forms of discipline says new report
Report also finds negative impact of smacking appears to be very small
Publications 19 July 2018
Parental Physical Punishment: Child Outcomes and Attitudes
The former Cabinet Secretary for Children and Communities asked the PPIW to undertake a review of the evidence on children’s attitudes towards physical punishment,...
Publications 6 July 2018
What Works in Tackling Rural Poverty
The Welsh Government has supported a wide range of programmes to address rural poverty and yet recent estimates suggest that almost a quarter of the...