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Published: 23 June 2016
The barriers and facilitators to successful hospital mergers
The review presents a set of barriers to, and facilitators of, the successful implementation of hospital mergers. Our overall qualitative finding in answer to our main research question is that ‘the distance between senior management and hospital staff is a greater threat to implementing a hospital merger than the...
Published: 21 June 2016
Alcohol in Ireland: consumption, harm, cost and policy response
In 2009, the Government established a steering group to formulate an alcohol policy. The steering group published their recommendations in 2012 and, following on from this, the government approved an extensive package of evidence based measures in 2013 to deal with alcohol use. These were incorporated into the Public Health...
Published: 31 May 2016
Drugnet Ireland 57
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.
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Proposals for an enabling data environment for health and related research in Ireland
Ireland has considerable data resources in a number of fields which could be harnessed to advance medical treatments, enhance health service delivery and inform policy and planning across government and civic society. These include:
- Routinely collected health services data (e.g. see Catalogue of National Health...
Published: 22 April 2016
Minor ailments schemes: an overview of experience up to 2015
The HRB has completed a review on the nature of Minor Ailment Schemes (MAS) delivery by pharmacists for the Department of Health (DOH). The ultimate aim of this review was to describe how MASs operated in other jurisdictions, including how the schemes are structured, regulated and resourced. The DoH also wished to identify...
Published: 19 January 2016
HRB Strategy 2016-2020
HRB Strategy 2016–2020 is a five-year strategic plan that defines the aims, activities and outcomes of the organisation at a high level.
Table of contents.
- Introduction
- The importance of health research
- Scope of the HRB’s strategy
- What we will do
- Strategy...
Published: 15 December 2015
Health Research Board Annual Report 2014
Contents
- Chairman and Chief Executive Overview
- Snapshot of Outputs and Impact
- Corporate Governance
- Extract from the Financial Statements
- Appendix A - List of HRB publications in 2014
- Appendix B - List of HRB awards made in 2014 ...
Published: 14 December 2015
Drug-related deaths and deaths among drug users in Ireland: 2013 figures from the National Drug-Related Deaths Index
This update presents figures from the National Drug-Related Deaths Index (NDRDI) on deaths due to poisoning by alcohol and/or other drugs, and deaths among drug users, in the period 2004-2013. The figures in this update supersede all previously published figures. It is a 'web only' publication, and may be downloaded for...
Published: 30 November 2015
Annual report of the National Intellectual Disability Database Committee 2014
This report is a summary of the main findings of the sixteenth Annual Report of the National Intellectual Disability Database Committee. It presents data for 2014 on the demographic profile of those who are registered on the National Intellectual Disability Database (NIDD), their current usage of day and residential...
Published: 26 November 2015
Annual report of the National Physical and Sensory Disability Database Committee 2014
This report presents data on the specialised health and social service use and requirements of people with a physical, sensory and/or speech or language disability. The information is based on records registered on the National Physical and Sensory Disability Database (NPSDD). The NPSDD is a voluntary database which is...
Published: 19 November 2015
Activities of Irish Psychiatric Units and Hospitals 2014
This report presents data on all admissions to, discharges from, and deaths in, Irish psychiatric units and hospitals, as recorded on the National Psychiatric In-patient Reporting System (NPIRS) in 2014. Data is presented
- Nationally
- Regionally
- By HSE area
- By CHO area ...
Published: 31 October 2015
Drugnet Ireland 56
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...
Published: 30 October 2015
Drugnet Ireland 55
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...
Published: 22 October 2015
Review of the regulation and governance processes of independent hospital entities in England and New Zealand
This report presents the findings of a review of the existing evidence on the establishment and regulation of, and governance for, foundation trusts in England and New Zealand. The authors examined a number of countries (Australia, Canada, England, France, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland and Spain) to determine if they had...
Published: 06 July 2015
Drugnet Ireland 54
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...
Published: 23 June 2015
Suicide prevention. An evidence review
The Evidence Centre of the Health Research Board (HRB) was commissioned by the National Office for Suicide Prevention to carry out a review of the evidence base for suicide prevention. In this report, we present our findings from a review of reviews, seeking to answer two research questions: 1. Which suicide prevention...
Published: 08 June 2015
Treated problem alcohol use in Ireland: 2013 figures from the National Drug Treatment Reporting System
This paper presents figures from the National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS) on treated problem alcohol use in Ireland, for the period 2009 to 2013.
Published: 01 June 2015
Health effects of water fluoridation. An evidence review
This report presents the findings of a review of the evidence carried out by a team at the Evidence Centre of the Health Research Board (HRB) on the health impacts of community water fluoridation (CWF).
Published: 13 May 2015
Evidence review of the food contents on carbohydrate and fats shelves of the food pyramid
The HRB has just completed a review of the fat and carbohydrate content of the Department of Health’s (DOH) food pyramid. The ultimate aim of this review was to provide up-to-date international evidence regarding the composition of the food pyramid, focusing in particular on simple and complex carbohydrates, and fats...
Published: 13 May 2015
Mentoring in post-graduate medical education and specialist training
Executive summary. Purpose: The Department of Health (DoH) is in the process of undertaking a strategic review of medical training and career structure for post-graduate medical doctors in Ireland. To assist this process, the DoH required a review of the literature on specific aspects of mentoring for post-graduate medical...
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