BPS manifesto for Wales

Our manifesto is key to our policy and public affairs activity in Wales in the run up to the election and beyond.

It was produced by members of the Welsh Branch and the Welsh Committees.  

The manifesto focuses our policy and influencing activities in four key areas:

• Tackling poverty across the lifespan through psychologically informed policy interventions
• Focussing on public health, prevention and early intervention by integrating psychological practice into population level policies, services, and interventions
• Connecting mental and physical health services to ensure comprehensive support and treatment, with access to an appropriately trained psychological workforce
• Building a sustainable psychology workforce to enable better and more equal access to services at the point of need

Our manifesto aligns with our Psychology Matters programme to help drive the change and improvements we want to see for our communities.

We look forward to engaging with all the main political parties on our calls to action and continuing to share the views of the profession more widely with policy influencers. 

Read the full manifesto (Welsh)

Read the full manifesto (English)

Sharon Davis, Chair of the BPS Welsh Branch, said:

"Our manifesto focuses on ensuring that the next government develops and deliver policies using a psychological approach and that psychologists and psychology are at the heart of policy making and service design and delivery.

This can help make a difference to our populations in Wales."

To find out more about the manifesto and our wider policy work in Wales, please contact Manel Tippett on [email protected].