Contents include: Chairperson and Chief Executive’s report; a snapshot of important HRB activities during 2022; key deliverables(in line with the HRB Strategy 2021-2025, Health research – making an impact) and Appendices. Part 2 contains the corporate governance and financial statements. This will be published later in 2023 once those accounts are approved by the Office […]
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 covers the period 2016 to 2022, in which 50,107 cases were treated for alcohol as a main problem during this seven-year period.
Experts from the EMCDDA national focal point and from the HRB Evidence Centre contribute content to the newsletter.Experts from the EMCDDA national focal point and from the HRB Evidence Centre contribute content to the newsletter.
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 2022.
The 2022 report provides data presented nationally as well as: – CHO – county – hospital type – individual psychiatric units/hospitals
The Census 2022 infographic and tables present findings from the eleventh national psychiatric census of patients in Irish psychiatric units and hospitals (IPUH). It is the latest in a series of censuses first carried out in 1963, and is a count of all patients resident in psychiatric units and hospitals operating within the provisions of […]
This is the annually updated bulletin from the National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS) on cases of treated problem drug use (excluding alcohol) in Ireland. It covers the period 2016 to 2022. In this seven-year period, 12,009 cases were treated for drug use as a main problem.
This feasibility study was commissioned by the Department of Health to address the need to improve understanding of premature mortality among people who are homeless nationally, and to provide more complete and accurate national data to inform policy. This retrospective review collates data on all deaths in persons categorised as homeless at time of death […]
Drugnet Ireland 84 insert.
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 […]
This publication contains the 2021 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 […]
This year’s Health Research in Action highlights some of the many notable impacts and outcomes of the Health Research Board’s work during 2021 across health and social care in Ireland, all of which made a real difference to people’s health, the health system, society, and the economy.
Community water fluoridation was introduced in Ireland in 1964 as a public health measure to prevent tooth decay. It is important for policymakers to keep up to date with the international research on the effects of community water fluoridation, so that the benefits and possible harms are known. In 2015, the Health Research Board’s Evidence […]
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 […]
An integrative evidence review on service user participation in the design and delivery of drug treatment, recovery and harm reduction services
In this report, we present the results of a study that aimed to estimate the prevalence of problematic opioid use in Ireland from 2015 to 2019 using a four-source capture-recapture method. Three of the four data sources used for the analysis were derived from opioid substitution treatment records from the Central Treatment List (CTL) (clinics, […]
The 2021 report provides data presented nationally as well as: CHO county hospital type individual psychiatric units/hospitals
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 […]
Contents include: Chairperson and Chief Executive’s report; a snapshot of important HRB activities during 2021; key deliverables in line with the HRB Strategy 2021-2025, Health research – making an impact; and Appendices. Part 2 contains the corporate governance and financial statements which have been approved by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General. This will […]
Irish results for the European web survey 2021
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 covers the period 2015 to 2021, in which 50,304 cases were treated for alcohol as a main problem drug during this seven-year period.
This is the annually updated bulletin from the National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS) on cases of treated problem drug use (excluding alcohol) in Ireland. It covers the period 2015 to 2021. In this seven-year period, 69,450 cases were treated for drug use as a main problem.
In most developed countries, substance use is a major public health issue, particularly among young people. Alcohol and other drug use is one of the leading risk factors for disease and injury and is also responsible for a considerable number of premature deaths. The National Drug Strategy in Ireland aims to prevent early substance use […]
Under the auspices of Healthy Ireland, the Department of Health is leading the development of the National Healthy Workplace Framework in partnership with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. The framework aims to drive engagement and identify effective approaches to health improvement in all workplaces. A review of the evidence (carried out by the […]
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 […]
