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 8 June 2016
Increasing the Role of Social Business Models in the Health and Social Care in Wales
This report by the Public Policy Institute for Wales (PPIW) reviews the evidence on ways of increasing the role which Social Business Models (SBMs) can...
Publications 27 May 2016
De-escalating Interventions for Troubled Adolescents
This report by the Public Policy Institute for Wales (PPIW) provides advice on the potential to de-escalate interventions in the lives of troubled adolescents. To...
Commentary 24 March 2016
Why We Need Evidence on Poverty
Poverty is a long-standing and apparently intractable problem in Wales. Around 23% of population, some 700,000 people, live on household incomes of less than 60% of the median....
Publications 29 February 2016
Promoting Emotional Health, Well-being and Resilience in Primary Schools
What works in building emotional resilience of children in Welsh primary schools?
Publications 7 February 2016
Increasing Understanding and Uptake of Advance Decisions to Refuse Treatment in Wales
What measures can be taken to increase the understanding and uptake of Advance Decisions in Wales?
Publications 21 January 2016
Rural Poverty in Wales
What are the issues surrounding rural poverty in Wales?
Publications 4 November 2015
The Care Home Market in Wales: Mapping the Sector
This report by the Public Policy Institute for Wales (PPIW) provides advice on the resilience of the Care Home Sector in Wales. We worked with...
Publications 2 November 2015
Provision for Young Care Leavers at Risk of Homelessness
What provision is there for young care leavers at risk of becoming homeless in Wales?