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12 June 2025

Safety, cost and environmental impact of reprocessing high risk single-use medical devices: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Abstract: Aim: To estimate the safety, financial and environmental effects of reprocessing high risk SUMDs. Methods: Systematic review (PROSPERO ID: CRD42022365642) of primary trial and observational studies of human participants receiving reprocessed high risk SUMDs compared with first use of identical SUMDs. Reprocessing was defined as cleaning, disinfection, and sterilisation or related procedures, and function […]

11 June 2025

Overview of people engaging with disability services bulletin 2024

Bulletin from the National Ability Supports System (NASS) on data provided by disability service providers for people engaging with services through the HSE disability budget in 2024.

28 May 2025

Drug treatment demand in Ireland 2024

This is the annual, updated bulletin from the National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS) on cases of treated problem drug use (excluding alcohol) in Ireland. This bulletin includes a detailed summary of 13,295 cases treated for drug use as a main problem in 2024. Trends cover an eight-year period 2017 to 2024.

Drug treatment 2024 bulletin cover-image

20 May 2025

Deaths among people who were homeless at time of death in Ireland, 2021

In this bulletin, data on deaths among people who were homeless and who died in 2021 are presented along with a summary of deaths that occurred from 2019 to 2021. The NDRDI collects data on all deaths among people who were homeless at the time of death, to improve understanding of premature mortality among people […]

Deaths among homeless people 2021 bulletin cover-image

8 May 2025

Effect of artificial community water fluoridation on dental health. An evidence review

This systematic review collates the evidence on the positive and negative effects of artificial community water fluoridation (CWF) on dental caries and fluorosis between 1948 and 2023. In addition, the review attempts to establish if there are dose response relationships between CWF levels (from 0.5ppm to 1.2ppm) and dental caries, or between CWF levels and […]

29 April 2025

Health-promoting interventions in prisons

The HRB conducted a review to determine which health-promoting interventions should be considered for implementation in Irish adult prisons in order to improve prisoners’ physical and mental well-being. This was an overview of reviews that assessed previously conducted systematic reviews of primary research studies. The review examined eight categories of interventions: Sports- and exercise-based interventions […]

16 April 2025

Prevalence of problematic opioid use in Ireland, 2020–2022

This report presents the findings from a study that aimed to estimate the prevalence of problematic opioid use in Ireland from 2020 to 2022 utilising a four-source capture-recapture methodology. The analysis incorporated three data sources from opioid substitution treatment (OST) records obtained from the Central Treatment List (CTL), which includes clinics, general practitioners (GPs), and […]

12 March 2025

Drugnet 90

Drugnet Ireland is the Health Research Board’s quarterly drug and alcohol research and policy newsletter. It provides summaries and analysis of recent publications and policy developments as well as overviews of particular issues relating to the drug and alcohol situation in Ireland. Experts from the EUDA national focal point and from the HRB Evidence Centre […]

11 March 2025

Health Research Board Annual Report 2023 – Part Two

This report can be read in conjunction which Part One of the report which contains the Chairperson and Chief Executive’s report; a snapshot of important HRB activities during 2023; key deliverables (in line with the HRB Strategy 2021-2025, Health Research – Making an Impact) and appendices. This publication contains corporate governance and financial statements approved […]

15 January 2025

Health Research in Action

The Health Research Board (HRB) has today released the latest edition of the annual Health Research in Action publication showcasing 19 success stories about wide-ranging health and social care research across four themes. The stories include projects about identifying bacteria linked to increased cancer-risk in the mouth, better care for recurrent miscarriage in Ireland, delivering […]

4 December 2024

Cancer Research Investment in Ireland (2019–2022)

This report presents an analysis of the data collected as part of a review of cancer research investments in cancer-related research projects, programmes and supporting infrastructure in Ireland from 2019 to 2022 using the United Kingdom (UK) Health Research Classification System (HRCS). The purpose of this report is to provide an analysis of the cancer […]

5 November 2024

Activities of Irish Psychiatric Units and Hospitals 2023

The 2023 report provides data presented nationally as well as by: – CHO – county – hospital type – individual psychiatric units/hospitals Tables and CHO bulletins can also be found below:

23 October 2024

Drugnet 89

25 September 2024

Drug poisoning deaths in Ireland in 2021

Data from the National Drug-Related Deaths Index (NDRDI) This NDRDI bulletin presents data on drug poisoning deaths in Ireland in 2021, with key trends for period 2012 to 2021. Drug poisoning deaths are deaths due to the toxic effects of one or more substances. Included in this bulletin are poisoning deaths due to illicit drugs […]

26 August 2024

Health Research Board Annual Report 2023 – Part One

Part One contents include: Chairperson and Chief Executive’s report; a snapshot of important HRB activities during 2023; key deliverables(in line with the HRB Strategy 2021-2025, Health research – making an impact) and Appendices. Part Two contains the corporate governance and financial statements. This will be published later in 2024 once those accounts are approved by […]

24 July 2024

Alcohol treatment demand in Ireland 2023

This is the annual, updated bulletin from the National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS) on cases of treated problem alcohol use in Ireland. This bulletin includes a detailed summary of 8,163 cases treated for alcohol as a main problem in 2023. Trends cover a seven-year period 2017 to 2023.

9 July 2024

Integrative review on place-based and other geographically defined responses to drug-related threats in communities

Place-based initiatives emerged originally in the field of health, guided by new ideas relating to the social determinants of health, the role of the socioecological context, implementation science, and the importance of community empowerment. Although there are considerable variations, it is possible to identify an underlying model which focuses on providing universal, structural interventions that […]

4 July 2024

Safety and effectiveness of remote pre-hospital triage for appropriate emergency department attendances and service use

The purpose of this systematic review was to provide evidence on the safety and effectiveness of remote pre-hospital triage for reducing unnecessary emergency department (ED) attendances among adults. Remote pre-hospital triage for unscheduled care, sorts patients into appropriate categories or triage dispositions based on how critically ill they are and can be done via telephone, […]

25 June 2024

Drugnet Ireland 88

Drugnet Ireland is the Health Research Board’s quarterly drug and alcohol research and policy newsletter. It provides summaries and analysis of recent publications and policy developments and well as overviews of particular issues relating to the drug and alcohol situation Ireland. Experts from the EMCDDA national focal point and from the HRB Evidence Centre contribute […]

24 June 2024

Drug treatment demand in Ireland 2023

This is the annual, updated bulletin from the National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS) on cases of treated problem drug use (excluding alcohol) in Ireland. This bulletin includes a detailed summary of 13,104 cases treated for drug use as a main problem in 2023. Trends cover a seven-year period 2017 to 2023.

Drug treatment bulletin 2024 cover-image

12 June 2024

Overview of people engaging with disability services in Ireland, 2023

Bulletin from the National Ability Supports System (NASS) on data provided by disability service providers for people engaging with services through the HSE disability budget in 2023.

Front cover of of Overview of People engaging with disability servicers 2023

17 May 2024

Alcohol: availability, affordability, related harm, and policy in Ireland

This alcohol overview is the fifth in a series which examines data and trends on alcohol use and related consequences over time in Ireland. The data show that there has been a decrease in per capita alcohol use since the last overview was published in 2021. However, harmful and hazardous drinking patterns are impacting people’s […]

19 April 2024

Bibliometric analysis of HRB-supported publications: 2018-2022 Executive summary

Bibliometric analysis of aggregated publication data across a funder’s portfolio serves an important role in assessing the value placed by peers on research outputs, how much these research outputs are subsequently taken up in the research system, how a group of publications compares to similar groups of publications elsewhere, and what the trends are in […]

15 March 2024

Drugnet Ireland 87

Drugnet Ireland is the Health Research Board’s quarterly drug and alcohol research and policy newsletter. It provides summaries and analysis of recent publications and policy developments and well as overviews of particular issues relating to the drug and alcohol situation Ireland. Experts from the EMCDDA national focal point and from the HRB Evidence Centre contribute […]

31 January 2024

Health Research Board Annual Report 2022 – Part Two

This publication contains the 2022 corporate governance and financial statements of the Health Research Board, which have been approved by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General. Part one is also available for download (below), and contains the Chairperson and Chief Executive’s report; a snapshot of other important HRB activities in the year and key deliverables […]

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