National reviews and reports

Find details of our national reviews and other reports at the links below

We publish a range of national reviews and other reports every year. 

National reviews help us to evaluate how healthcare services in Wales are delivered.

Focused Assurance Activity: Child Safeguarding in NHS Wales Health Boards and Trusts

This Terms of Reference outlines HIW’s focused assurance approach for child safeguarding in NHS Wales Health Boards and Trusts.

28 July 2026
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards - Annual Monitoring Report for Health and Social Care 2024–2025

This is the annual monitoring report by Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) and Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW), on the implementation of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) in Wales.

26 March 2026
Mental Health, Learning Disability Services and Mental Health Act Monitoring Annual Report 2024-2025

Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) has published its Mental Health, Learning Disability Services and Mental Health Act Monitoring Annual Report 2024-2025, which outlines themes of our work for mental health and learning disability services across Wales.

We have published our Mental Health Monitoring Annual Report 2023-24

Read the findings from our mental health hospitals, learning disability and Mental Health Act inspections during 2023-2024.

31 January 2025
All Wales Review of Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) Decisions

The aim of our review is to consider the practices in place when DNACPR decisions are applied to adult patients (over the age of 18), and whether patient views and considerations are respected.

23 May 2024
Mental Health Hospitals, Learning Disability Hospitals and Mental Health Act Monitoring Annual Report 2022-2023

Read the findings from our mental health hospitals, learning disability and Mental Health Act inspections during 2022-2023.

26 January 2024
National Review of Patient Flow: a journey through the stroke pathway

We committed to a reviews programme that takes into consideration the risks and challenges facing health services as they continue their response to, and recovery from, the pandemic. As a result, we decided to undertake a national review of Patient Flow.

7 September 2023
Mental Health Hospitals, Learning Disability Hospitals and Mental Health Act Monitoring Annual Report 2021-2022

Read the findings from our mental health hospitals, learning disability and Mental Health Act inspections during 2021-2022.

National Review of Mental Health Crisis Prevention in the Community

In our Operational Plan 2019-2020, we committed to a programme of national reviews which included crisis in mental health.

Mental Health Hospitals, Learning Disability Hospitals and Mental Health Act Monitoring Annual Report 2020-2021

Read the findings from our mental health hospitals, learning disability and Mental Health Act inspections during 2020-2021