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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

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 […]

23 January 2024

The efficacy and safety of medicinal cannabis in adult populations: An evidence review

The Medical Cannabis Access Programme in Ireland currently provides access to cannabis to patients with one of three conditions when other treatments have not been successful. The three conditions are spasticity (stiff and/or rigid muscles) associated with multiple sclerosis, nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy, and severe epilepsy. This evidence review was conducted to […]

16 January 2024

Deaths among people who were homeless at time of death in Ireland, 2020

In this bulletin, data on deaths among people who were homeless and who died in 2020 are presented. The NDRDI collects data on all deaths among people who were homeless at the time of death, in order to improve understanding of premature mortality among people who are homeless nationally, and to provide more complete and […]

27 December 2023

Independent programme of evaluation of the State’s investment in The Irish LongituDinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) – Main Report

This report utilises a mixed-methods approach comprising both quantitative and qualitative tools to assess the outputs, outcomes and impacts of the TILDA programme. The methods used to collect data involved desk research (including bibliometric analysis), individual and focus group qualitative interviews, an in-depth organisational case study, and narrative analysis of TILDA’s outputs in various media. In […]

19 December 2023

Primary prevention of dental caries: An evidence review

The purpose of this overview of reviews was to provide evidence to assist with the development of clinical guidelines on the primary prevention of dental caries in primary, permanent, and mixed dentition. Caries (dental decay) is a disease of the hard tissues of the teeth caused by an imbalance in this process over time, where […]

19 December 2023

Health Research in Action

This year’s Health Research in Action highlights some of the many notable impacts and outcomes of the Health Research Board’s work. It includes a snapshot in numbers of our activity during 2022, followed by 29 success stories from our wide-ranging health and social care research portfolio. The stories include HRB-funded projects about examining healthcare complaints […]

12 September 2023

Cost, safety, and environmental impact of reprocessing single-use medical devices. A systematic review and meta-analysis

Since May 2021, European Union member states were required to adopt a legislative stance on single use medical device (SUD) reprocessing i.e. a process including cleaning, disinfection, sterilisation and related procedures, as well as testing and restoring the technical and functional safety of the used device. The main objective of this review was to determine […]

4 September 2023

Drugnet Ireland 86

25 August 2023

Health Research Board Annual Report 2022 – Part One

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 […]

1 August 2023

Alcohol treatment demand in Ireland 2022

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.

17 July 2023

Drugnet Ireland 85

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.

11 July 2023

Overview of people engaging with disability services in Ireland, 2022

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.

7 July 2023

Activities of Irish Psychiatric Units and Hospitals 2022

The 2022 report provides data presented nationally as well as: – CHO – county – hospital type – individual psychiatric units/hospitals

6 July 2023

Irish Psychiatric Units and Hospitals Census 2022 infographic and tables

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 […]

19 June 2023

Drug treatment demand 2022 in Ireland

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 12,009 cases treated for drug use as a main problem in 2022. Trends cover a seven-year period 2016 to 2022.

17 May 2023

Deaths among people who were homeless at time of death in Ireland, 2019

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 […]

27 March 2023

Drugnet Ireland 84 (insert)

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27 March 2023

Drugnet Ireland 84

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