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Published: 29 September 2020
NASS bulletin 2019 – disability service use and need
This bulletin, along with the two supplementary bulletins, presents the inaugural findings of data from the National Ability Supports System (NASS). It provides a profile of the 22,434 people with a disability registered on the system in 2019 as well as details of the disability-funded services currently availed of...
Published: 29 July 2020
Alcohol treatment in Ireland 2013 to 2019
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 2013 to 2019. In this seven-year period 53,200 cases were treated for alcohol as a main problem drug.
Published: 19 November 2019
Alcohol treatment in Ireland 2012 to 2018
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 2012 to 2018. In this seven-year period, 54,263 cases were treated for alcohol as a main problem drug.
Published: 01 August 2019
Treatment services for people with co-occurring substance use and mental health problems. A rapid realist synthesis
The scope of this rapid realist review was developed through a high-level review of relevant literature and early engagement of knowledge users in Ireland. The Health Research Board (HRB) proposed three research questions to guide the rapid realist review. Keeping in line with the realist approach, the research team carried...
Published: 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...
Published: 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.
Published: 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
Infographic, tables and CHO...
Published: 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.
Published: 21 June 2017
Annual report of the National Physical and Sensory Disability Database Committee 2016
This report presents data on the specialised health and personal social service use and requirements of people with a physical, sensory, neurological, speech or language disability. This report is divided into four sections:
- Summary of numbers registered.
- Profile of new registrations and recent...
Published: 28 November 2016
Annual report of the National Physical and Sensory Disability Database Committee 2015
This report presents data on the specialised health and personal social service use and requirements of people with a physical, sensory and/or speech and/or language disability. This report is divided into three sections: 1. Summary of numbers registered. 2. Profile of new registrations and recent reviews (2011-2015). 3....
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: 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: 22 September 2014
Measure of Activity and Participation (MAP) - Issue 8
Personal assistance and support services
This bulletin focusses on the unmet needs of those who are recorded on the NPSDD as requiring personal assistance and support services. It also examines their levels of restriction in everyday living.
Published: 22 September 2014
Annual report of the National Physical and Sensory Disability Database Committee 2013
New report on disability service provision and future requirements Figures released today by the Health Research Board in the Annual Report of the National Physical and Sensory Disability Database (NPSDD) Committee 2013 show that demand for services remains high. The analysis in the report is based on...
Published: 22 June 2014
Alcohol consumption in Ireland 2013
The main objective of the National Alcohol Diary Survey was to estimate personal consumption of, and expenditure on, alcohol among the general population aged 18–75 years living in private households in Ireland. The survey included a comprehensive series of questions on both the rates and patterns of alcohol consumption in...
Published: 18 December 2013
Annual report of the National Physical and Sensory Disability Database Committee 2012
The objective of the National Physical and Sensory Disability Database (NPSDD) is to provide an overview of the specialised health and personal social service needs of people with a physical, sensory and/or speech and language disability. The report is based on monitoring current service provision and future service...
Published: 18 December 2013
Measure of Activity and Participation (MAP) - Issue 7
Origins and potential uses
This issue of the MAP bulletin describes how MAP originated, its purpose and implementation, its uses to date and an outline of how it could be expanded to other populations.
Published: 19 December 2012
Measure of Activity and Participation (MAP) - Issue 6
Activity, participation and assistive technology
This bulletin examines the types of assistive technology (AT) used and required by people with a physical and/or sensory disability in Ireland, and evaluates the relationships between AT use and levels of participation in areas of life activities,...
Published: 19 August 2012
Annual report of the National Physical and Sensory Disability Database Committee 2011
The objective of the National Physical and Sensory Disability Database (NPSDD) is to provide an overview of the specialised health and personal social service needs of people with a physical, sensory and/or speech and language disability. The report is based on monitoring current service provision and future service...
Published: 10 July 2012
Alcohol: public knowledge, attitudes and behaviours
The Department of Health asked the Health Research Board (HRB) to ascertain the knowledge, opinions and behaviours of the general public in relation to alcohol consumption and whether they agreed or disagreed with some of the measures proposed in the recently published Report of the Working Group on a National Substance...
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