The National Psychiatric Inpatient Reporting System (NPIRS)
NPIRS database is the only national psychiatric in-patient database in Ireland and was established on the recommendations of the Commission of Enquiry on Mental Illness (Department of Health, 1966). It has been managed by the Health Research Board (HRB), since 1971. The NPIRS database collects data from all approved centres under the Mental Health Act 2001.
Data collected includes
- Demographic details
- Socio-economic data
- Admissions to approved centres
- Discharges from approved centres
- Diagnosis on admission and discharge
- Deaths in approved centres.