- Read more: Sláintecare Implementation Progress Report 2024
The Department of Health released a new progress report “The Path to Universal Healthcare – Sláintecare & Programme for Government 2025+ (Sláintecare 2025+)”. SC2025+ focuses on providing high quality healthcare to patients, aiming to make healthcare in Ireland more affordable and accessible to everyone. The report highlights the “ongoing progress made in transforming the social…
- Read more: The Ideational Pillars of the US Administration’s Health Agenda
This paper analyses the confluence of influences that influence the current US administration and the likely effects they have on global health policy and national health policy agendas outside the US.
- Read more: Hair Loss Requires Support, Not Products and Exploitation
This paper examines the cultural stigma of hair loss, particularly driven by its commercial medicalisation into a disease. It argues for improved medical education and stricter regulation of businesses profiting from hair loss distress.
- Read more: Women and Men in Ireland Hub
The Central Statistics Office has published an update to the Women and Men in Ireland Hub. This Hub was developed in March 2024, using the latest data from both the CSO and other public service bodies, to provide a comprehensive one-stop-shop for equality data related to women and men in Ireland. The data is broken down…
- Read more: Health in Ireland: Key Trends 2024
The Department of Health has published: Health in Ireland: Key Trends 2024. Health in Ireland: Key Trends 2024 touches on several areas, including demographics, population health, hospital and primary care, health sector employment and expenditure. The report is available to download here.
- Read more: The Loneliest Nation in Europe? Ireland as a Case Study, and Implications for Policy
Recently, work conducted by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre demonstrated that Ireland had the highest prevalence of loneliness of all European countries. Given the range of adverse physical and psychological consequences associated with loneliness, it is vital to ask why Ireland is experiencing such high prevalence. Here, we discuss potential contributing factors, including: Ireland’s…
- Read more: Housing with Support – Literature Review
ALONE has published a brief literature review that focuses on the effectiveness of housing with support schemes. The review highlights the benefits of housing with support, such as improving quality of life, maintaining independence, enhancing health, and reducing loneliness. It also shows positive impacts on healthcare, including fewer GP visits, shorter hospital stays, and fewer…
- Read more: Trends in disability prevalence among young people: Insights from the Growing Up in Ireland Study
The ESRI has released a report “Trends in disability prevalence among young people: Insights from the Growing Up in Ireland Study”, produced in partnership with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY). This report draws on analyses of the two cohorts of the Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) study to examine trends…
- Read more: Addressing the Dementia Challenge in Ireland: Technology Solutions for Self-Management
Dementia presents a growing public health challenge in Ireland, where the number of people living with dementia is projected to reach 150,000 by 2045. This rise places significant strain on healthcare systems, informal caregivers, and the broader economy. Currently, dementia care relies heavily on informal family caregiving and expensive nursing home care. This paper explores…
- Read more: An analysis of Population-Based Resource Allocation for health and social care in Ireland
The Economic & Social Research Institute has published “An analysis of Population-Based Resource Allocation for health and social care in Ireland”. “The study highlights that implementing population-based resource allocation (PBRA) across the Irish healthcare system and devolving decision-making to new HSE Health Regions has the potential to significantly improve the efficient and equitable allocation of…
