Tens Years on: Has the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act Been the Change We Needed to See in Wales?

Tens years on: has the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act been the change we needed to see in Wales?

Brokesby Road project and Nick Durham. Credit: BDP Nick Durham, Architect director at multidisciplinary design practice BDP It’s a decade since Wales led the way globally in enshrining into law its Wellbeing of Future Generations Act, providing a legally-binding common purpose – the 7 well-being goals – for national government, local government, local health boards and other public bodies. The ambition was to make the public bodies “think more a…

Wales to become Marmot nation to tackle health inequalities

Wales to become Marmot nation to tackle health inequalities Polly Jones 16 June, 2025 Wales to become Marmot nation to tackle health inequalities 16 June, 2025 Wales is set to become the world's first 'Marmot nation', as part of work to tackle health inequalities.Becoming a Marmot nation involves adopting public health expert Sir Michael Marmot’s eight principles, which aim to eliminate unfair and avoidable differences in health. These could …

Wales to become first ‘Marmot Nation’ in drive to tackle health inequality

Pioneering move builds on Torfaen success and Future Generations Act WALES is set to become the world’s first official “Marmot Nation” as part of a bold new approach to tackling health inequalities, the Welsh Government has announced. The initiative will see Wales adopt the eight Marmot Principles developed by renowned public health expert Professor Sir Michael Marmot. These principles aim to reduce the unfair and avoidable differences in health…

Wales to become world’s first ‘Marmot Nation’ to tackle health inequalities

Wales will become a Marmot Nation as part of the Welsh Government’s ongoing work to tackle health inequalities. This involves adopting public health expert Sir Michael Marmot’s eight principles, which aim to eliminate unfair and avoidable differences in health which can be caused by where people live, what kind of job they do and how they are treated in society. The move follows the success in Torfaen, which was an early adopter of the Marmot p…