RESSA

Evidence-informed policy-making helps ensure policies, programmes and services are shaped by the best available knowledge, professional expertise, stakeholder perspectives and practical experience.

This resource page brings together materials from the Rapid Evidence Support System Assessment (RESSA) of health policy-making in Ireland report, and related information designed to strengthen the use of evidence in policy development.

The RESSA report provides an overview of how evidence is currently requested, generated and used within Ireland’s health policy system.

It identifies important strengths, including strong institutional commitment to evidence-informed policy-making, growing analytical capacity, and effective collaboration between policy-makers, researchers and national agencies.

The assessment also highlights opportunities for improvement. These include reducing duplication of research activity, improving access to health data, strengthening evidence skills across the system, and developing more formal structures to connect research and policy.

Together, these resources support a shared goal: ensuring that health policy decisions are informed by timely, high-quality evidence, helping to improve outcomes for individuals, communities and the wider health system.

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