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25 June 2019

A case-study of policy change in residential service provision for adult persons with intellectual disability in Ireland

In Europe, many people with intellectual disabilities continue to live in congregated settings. In 2012, Ireland formally introduced a resettlement policy with people moving to live in more personalised arrangements. This longitudinal country case-study aimed to monitor the implementation of this policy and the intra-country variations that arose using the records maintained in the National […]

6 June 2019

Drugnet Ireland 69

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 […]

17 April 2019

Drug treatment in Ireland 2011 to 2017

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 2011 to 2017. In this seven-year period, 63,303 cases were treated for drug use as a main problem.

11 April 2019

Healthy workplace tools in five countries. An evidence review

This information review, undertaken on behalf of the Department of Health, informs the National Healthy Workplace Framework and implementation plan and will contribute to the business case for healthy workplace programmes. Five anglophone countries (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Scotland and the USA) were included in the review. This information review found that in each of […]

20 March 2019

Alcohol treatment in Ireland 2011 to 2017

This is the annually updated bulletin from the National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS) on cases of treated problem alcohol use in Ireland. It covers the period 2011 to 2017. In this seven-year period 55,675 cases were treated for alcohol as a main problem drug. The number of cases treated has fallen slightly in recent […]

12 March 2019

Drugnet Ireland 68

7 March 2019

National Drug-Related Deaths Index 2004 to 2016 data

This update presents figures from the National Drug-Related Deaths Index (NDRDI) on deaths due to poisoning (overdose) by alcohol and/or other drugs, and deaths among people who use drugs which are not due to poisoning (non-poisonings) for the period 2004-2016.

1 March 2019

Trends in addiction treatment in Irish prisons using national surveillance data, 2009-2014

Many studies show that incarcerated populations have higher rates of problem drug use than the general population. The purpose of this paper is to analyse trends in addiction treatment demand in prisons in Ireland from 2009 to 2014 using available national surveillance data in order to identify any implications for practice and policy.

18 December 2018

Health Research in Ireland – A study of activity from 2011 to 2015 using the Health Research Classification System

This study examines funding awards based on the type of research conducted and the disease area of interest. It uses the United Kingdom (UK) Health Research Classification System (HRCS). Seven national funding agencies that manage research programmes provided data for this analysis. These were, Enterprise Ireland (EI), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the HRB, the […]

14 November 2018

Drugnet Ireland 67

15 October 2018

Integrated interventions to reduce pressure on acute hospitals. An evidence review

This HRB evidence review identifies 13 integrated interventions between the hospital and the community that were tested to see if they reduce pressure on acute hospitals among adults. In this review, a reduction in pressure on acute hospitals was measured by a reduction in adult: admissions to hospital; readmissions for the same condition; length of […]

15 October 2018

Quality of life outcomes and costs associated with moving from congregated settings to community living arrangements for people with intellectual disability. An evidence review

The purpose of this review is to systematically evaluate the evidence on quality of life outcomes and costs associated with a move from a congregated setting to a community living arrangement for people with intellectual disability. The right to live independently in a place of one’s own choosing is a core value of the United […]

10 September 2018

Health Research Board Annual Report 2017

Contents include Interim Chief Executive’s report; Snapshot of HRB activities during 2017; Key deliverables in line with HRB strategy 2016 – 2020; and Appendices. Part two, contains the full audited accounts, and was published on 20 May 2019 following approval of same by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General, and subsequent translation into […]

5 September 2018

Drugnet Ireland 66

30 August 2018

Alcohol treatment in Ireland 2010 – 2016

This is the updated bulletin from the National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS) on cases of treated problem alcohol use in Ireland from 2010 to 2016. In this seven-year period 53,763 cases were treated for alcohol as a main problem. The number of cases has plateaued in the last four years.

2 August 2018

Implementation frameworks for use by health workforce planners. An evidence review

Health workforce planning (HWF) is a challenging process that requires input from all involved in healthcare; a HWF planning framework helps governments and planners develop and implement strategies to achieve an effective and sustainable health workforce. This report presents the findings of a review of evidence on HWF planning and implementation frameworks undertaken by the […]

19 July 2018

Activities of Irish Psychiatric Units and Hospitals 2017

The 2017 report provides data presented nationally and also by: – CHO – county – hospital type – individual psychiatric units/hospitals Tables and CHO bulletins can also be found below:

29 June 2018

Annual report of the National Intellectual Disability Database Committee 2017

The 2017 report provides: a profile of people with an intellectual disability registered on the database in 2017, details of the specialised health and personal social services provided; and an outline of the future requirement for those services. Tables and CHO bulletins can also be found below:

28 June 2018

Annual report of the National Physical and Sensory Disability Database 2017

The 2017 database report presents: profiles of any physical, sensory, neurological, speech or language disability registered in 2017 data on specialised health and personal social service use an outline of future requirements for services Tables and CHO bulletins can also be found below:

1 June 2018

Drugnet Ireland 65

1 June 2018

Understanding the state of health information in Ireland: A qualitative study using a socio-technical approach

The objective of this paper is to add to the broader literature on socio-technical theory and its value and/or relevance to health information in Ireland. The paper focuses on three factors that can impact on health information; those of policy, infrastructure and people (PIP) and examines how Ireland compares with other countries in relation to […]

29 May 2018

Drug treatment in Ireland 2010 – 2016

The National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS) records trends in treated problem drug use in Ireland. This report covers the years 2010 to 2016.

14 February 2018

Drugnet Ireland 64

9 February 2018

Irish persons with intellectual disability moving from family care to residential accommodation in a period of austerity

Ireland has a growing population of adult persons living with family carers, thereby increasing the demand for residential places. Simultaneously, government policy aimed to reprovision residents living in congregated settings but at a time when funding was curtailed due to the economic crisis. This study examines the movements of people into and among three types […]

19 January 2018

Measure of Activity and Participation (MAP) – Issue 9

The experience of people with neurological conditions This bulletin updates the information contained in Issue 3 and provides a profile of almost five thousand people 16 years and over with a neurological condition as their primary diagnosis.

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